1) Enjoy playing the game. 2) Use baseball to get into the best possible academic college.
* Live fully, enjoy every moment, and let go of the petty problems, mostly of our own invention, which seek to destroy the spirit. * - a good friend, the late Brad Perkins of KIRO
Posts: 1764 | Location: Mid-Atlantic | Registered: October 29, 2007
Enjoy the time Facillitate Where I can Let the talent and desire run their course Keep an eye out for what the grandkids want to do with their life. Enjoy the time. AND if it all works out I'll..... Enjoy the time. maybe make a spending suggestion here and there
Posts: 249 | Location: Green Cove Springs Fl. | Registered: October 30, 2007
What are your goals and expectations for your boy?
Same as for my daughters...
- Find something they love to do and follow their dreams. - Be the best they can be at it. - Find a loving/caring partner for life as I have. - Follow the golden rule.
...everything else is gravy.
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I don't get this comment either? Nor do I get the relationship of the title of the thread ("ODDS") to the questions asked. I suppose that can be seen as "scary," but it may be more related to aging.
----------------------- Go Bearcats!
Posts: 3670 | Location: California | Registered: June 22, 2003
- Find something they love to do and follow their dreams. - Be the best they can be at it. - Find a loving/caring partner for life as I have. - Follow the golden rule.
...everything else is gravy.
That's a tidy helping of meat and potatoes. I couldn't say it any better JB!
"There are two kinds of people in this game: those who are humble and those who are about to be." Clint Hurdle
I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger and bigger, and then it hit me.
Posts: 1788 | Location: New Mexico | Registered: January 22, 2006
My Son's goal is to play professional baseball. This has been his burning desire since he was 9 or 10. I believe he will achieve his goal, and have done all I can to assist him. I share this goal with my Son. Not for the potential monetary rewards but for the love of the game. My Son finds JOY when he is on a baseball field. He is happiest there. He belongs on a baseball field, and is fun to watch. We do not know when it will end, but expect a good number of years still lie ahead.
Posts: 859 | Location: Sunshine State | Registered: January 03, 2006
Originally posted by justbaseball: I don't get this comment either? Nor do I get the relationship of the title of the thread ("ODDS") to the questions asked. I suppose that can be seen as "scary," but it may be more related to aging.
So glad you feel the same way, I still have no clue.
Posts: 11013 | Location: South Florida | Registered: July 28, 2003
My expectations and goals for my kids. Gosh the more I thought about question the harder the question seemed. To be honest I want them to be happy. I want them to have success in whatever is important to them. My oldest is married now and is a Deputy. So now I want him to be a great husband. I want him to enjoy his job and be the very best at it. And if he decides he wants to do something else I want him to find something he loves to do so when or if he has children my goal for him will be to be a great father.
My youngest is in college. I want him to be happy. I want him to have success at baseball but I also want his team to have success. I want him to get a college degree and a great education. When the time comes for him to leave college if he wants to continue to play baseball I want him to have that opportunity. But whatever he does I just want him to be happy and have a full life.
Nothing matters if your not happy and you do not enjoy what you do. I want them to be happy and enjoy whatever they do. I want them to be people that think of others. I want the word "others" to be a special word to them. I want them to understand that what you do for other people will be way more fullfilling in your life than anything you do for yourself.
If my son is a bus driver , carpenter , fireman , lawyer , baseball player etc etc I want them to have the desire to be the very best they can be. I want them to care about other people. And I want them to be happy.
The only expectations I have ever had for my kids is whatever they do they do it with pride and passion. And that they respect other people and think of others. Goals. Be happy.
