Soccer camp was this week. There was a mix of kids aged between six and eleven. Can you guess which kids were the whiniest? The 10-11 boys. All the girls just did what they were supposed to do. The boys were the whiniest snivelling lamest good for nothing crybabies I'd ever seen.

Too hot. Don't want to put on pennies. Stayed up too late. Have baseball tomorrow. Had a game last night. Thirsty. Don't like the rain. Hungry. Too full from breakfast. Don't like my shirt. Forgot my ball. We did that yesterday. You're too fast. My partner sucks. My ball sucks. My feet hurt. My shinguards are uncomfortable. The sun is in my eyes. Too much wind.

Damn.

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Those boys my friend are the product of being raised by their mothers without the influence of a Father figure. Trust me on this one.

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Yes.

PS--I won't be passing thru MN on the way home from my road trip. My dad is having some health issues so I need to take a more southern route to visit him.

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1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Hehehe, I can't stand younger kids. I do NOT want children. Maybe later on I will grow to have patience with insubordination, but I doubt that.


Kaun, if you knew me when I was younger you would have hated me. In fact if I had to be a parent for a version of me 6-13 I would have sold me to child slave traders in Columbia

I was such a bad kid. So so bad. The funny thing is, my mom was the hardest on me. Dad was mostly absent from my life and my step dad was a too nice

By hard, I mean grounding, yelling, spanking, and I do remember an occasional smack!

In comparison my younger brother was a saint. Now he's the problem child (bad grades, lies, sneaks out) and I'm the mature one.Go figure

Kids are whiny in general. My youngest brother is almost 10 right now and he'll complain just about everything. I'll go and do the cliched, "In my day blah blah" story and say buck up. Tends to work most of the time.

Just ignore them, you're a coach not a hotel concierge!

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Good thing you didn't grab any of them and yell in their faces like that guy in the other thread! Good self restraint.

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It has nothing to do with being raised without father figures. It has to do with being raised with permissive parents, male OR female or both. It has to do with parents who permit their kids to snivel and whine without consequence. I taught 10-13 year olds for 31 years and raised my own. Any parent of either sex is perfectly capable of setting expectations and delineating non-negotiable consequences and sticking to them, but many or most these days simply don't.
Having two parents these days is ideal, but unrealistic and not absolutely necessary, IF the parent in charge is willing to consistently PARENT, not just feed and clothe.

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04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

loud clapping and whistling....poor parents are responsible for whiny kids that become crappy adults. And thus the cycle lives through self perpetuation...

You got that right!

Unfortunately, coddling children has become epidemic in our country. Parents trying to protect children from everything imagineable, keep them from saying anything politically incorrect, and attempting to remove every obstacle or hurdle in their paths has made us soft and pathetic.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

What does "Don't want to put on pennies" mean?

When I was a kid, I got a lot of "where have you been all day?" questioning. Usually fishing, bike riding, throwing stuff into water, hiking in swamps, trying to talk to girls. You know. The usual...for back then.

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1995 E300D 306,000 Sold
1996 Ford Taurus LX 130,000 Sold
1985 300TD Still 225,000 Sold
2016 Ford Fusion 24,900

X2

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2014 C250 21,XXX my new DD ** 2013 GLK 350 18,000 Wife's new DD**

- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

uhh...Penny Loafers ? (ie: nice shoes)

? am I right (at age 35)

-John

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(insert Mercedes here)

Husband, Father, sometimes friend =)

Oh those are those things you put on over your jersey when you scrimmage. Scrimmage vests so you don't have to go shirts/skins.

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Coddled children may grow up to be some of the biggest losers in life. Just look around to see it. Whiny kids become whiny adults - the seemingly unlucky.

Thankfully my parents sent me to a military prep school as a young teen for a number of years. Fierce self-reliance, and an independent spirit were just two of the benefits gained which carry you through life. Doing your job well and self-discipline becomes easy as an adult, allowing one to flourish. Sometimes you just get lucky growing up.

That was my thought too...

The original Bass weejuns!

http://www.e-shoes.com/bassweejuns.html

They haven't gone up too much in the last oh 40 years or so.
Anyone still wearing them?