Daniel Farris wrote on Wed, 23 June 2010 13:09 |
... But on the other hand, one has to question the parenting of any adults who let their children play in the NBA.
Just because your kid wants to be an astronaut, you don't drop them off at NASA when they turn 12.
DF
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That's because dropping the kid off at NASA doesn't provide the same bonanza.
When it comes to the entertainment world (sports or pop music or movies), there is possibility that if the money is right, say goodbye to normal childhood, which includes learning anything that resembles sense of proportion, "right and wrong," a notion of there being a time and place for some behavior vs. another, etc.
This happens sometimes even when the payoff is not quite as big, as in Olympic medal winning 13-15 yr. old girl gymasts and figure skaters (who have trained since age 3). Some parents will do anything.
But it feels nice to be wanted, whatever age one is.
The sector of society that wants more sports and more sex have always been well fed, but TV and internet have greatly amplified things in such way that it gets ever more addiction-like.
We need more sex and sports, more often, and this pesky age restriction and consideration for childhood stuff is not going to get in our way.
Part and parcel of instant gratification. If there is talent displayed, we want to be entertained by it
now, forget waiting on them to complete their growing process and human development first.