Parents Article from new gym dad

[mandkmom]

My husband follows this journalist and I guess he is now a gym dad. Thought it was a good article that all of us can relate to. Warning- there is profanity in the article.

http://deadspin.com/what-it-s-like-to-watch-your-kid-lose-1789772659

 

[Deleted member 18037]

Love it

 

[gymbeam]

Hahaha awesome

 

[duyetanh]

Is he related to my dh?
Bahaha

 

[MomIdidit!]

Omg.....awesome article. Thank you!!

 

[bookworm]

He uses the f word a little too much for my taste but the spirit of the article was good.

 

[my4buffaloes]

That was great. We have all been there. What do you say to your kid that is devastated they did so poorly and really they did. Falling 5 times when there are only 4 events is difficult to get through. We laugh now though and of course I tried to find something positive. Even if it is only - "hey you got all your falls out in 1 meet, way to go". Funny to look at it through a newbie's eyes again.

 

[Pineapple_Lump]

He uses the f word a little too much for my taste but the spirit of the article was good.

Which is a shame because it limits the audience you can it share with.

 

[bookworm]

Which is a shame because it limits the audience you can it share with.

That was my thought on it...when I saw the first one, I had to look and see what site it was on. Certainly wouldn't share the article with kids at the gym in its current version

 

[GymDad9.9]

Very enjoyable read.

 

[MILgymFAM]

This was great! I shared it on my FB- thanks!

(Obviously the language isn't an issue for me- better or worse, I cuss much more than that)

 

[CTMOM]

This was great!

 

[Sasha]

The last two sentences are EVERYTHING about being a gym parent, lol.

 

[GYM0M]

This was great! I shared it on my FB- thanks!

(Obviously the language isn't an issue for me- better or worse, I cuss much more than that)

Me too! Lol.... My husband shared an article on my FB page that supports a correlation between foul mouths and high intelligence......bahahaha! I think about it every time I swear and it helps to ease the guilt.....

 

[JazzyMom]

Great article! Should be read by all parents before their kids first meet.

 

[mommyof1]

He uses the f word a little too much for my taste but the spirit of the article was good.

The article does not contain nearly as many swear words as I say in my head during a typical meet.

 

[duyetanh]

The article does not contain nearly as many swear words as I say in my head during a typical meet.

Bahaha....Yes!

 

[balancedmom]

great article. My DD has been there-- no medals, and this year likely to be the same. Somehow, she hangs in and keeps getting up there. makes me proud

 

[twinmomma]

This was great! I shared it on my FB- thanks!

(Obviously the language isn't an issue for me- better or worse, I cuss much more than that)

This must be why we get along so well LOL

 

[twinmomma]

That was my thought on it...when I saw the first one, I had to look and see what site it was on. Certainly wouldn't share the article with kids at the gym in its current version

I also don't think it's an article for the kids. It's really geared towards the parents. I think as a general rule the kids take things in stride much more than us parents do!