(10-31-2021, 12:42 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(10-31-2021, 12:28 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: These are high school kids. They are a lot closer to adulthood than they are young children. They shouldn't be coddled. Do you think the bad things in life are gonna let up on them when things get tough? No. They need to learn that bad things often pile on and they need to develop the skills to get passed it. Life is gonna show these kids no mercy, so why should the opposing team? It's a valuable learning experience. You pick yourself up, dust yourself off and learn from it. 

That's the problem with kids in today's society. People want to coddle them and protect them from every little thing, so they grow up spoiled and entitled, thinking other people will protect them from all the bad things in life.

And the winners learned that it's cool to be an [BLEEP] hole instead of a good sport. That's the problem with today's society, people teach cutthroat values and then say that "life is gonna show these kids no mercy", it's a self fulfilling prophecy. The idea that it's "coddling" to be a good sport by not throwing TDs and going for 2 point conversions when up by 100 points is a whole nuther level of sociopathy.

This is a very liberal way of thinking. You want kids to grow up and be independent of make a way for themselves in the world, but you also want to shelter them from all the bad stuff. When you shelter them, you end up with entitled brats who need "safe spaces" so their feelings don't get hurt. You can't have it both ways.

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