Missouri’s Drinkwitz Getting Crushed for Comments About Players’ NIL Payments

[TheCusian]

Really? Players weren’t benefiting before? I‘m sure you’re in favor of teachers inability to discipline kids in grade school too…right? Just let the kids run the show. This a great society people like you are building. Always interesting to me.

The players aren’t running the show. And neither are the people who should have and could have set up a system that allows for them to be equitably rewarded with constraints that could have benefited the sport. The NCAA and college Prez (and the legion of people who made a crapton of tv money on the backs of players labor) abdicated responsibility and own this. Players are not the problem.

 

[qdawgg]

My wife and I are fans of John Rosemond (well known/accomplished family psychologist) and went to several of his seminars here in Charlotte, NC when our kids were young and in their most critical developmental stages, etc. We have several of his books.

Though the world has changed around us as you mentioned, your mentioning that they are no different than years ago is what I would completely agree with. It's the parents, and in the method in which they chose to raise them, i.e. "gentle parenting" or "postmodern psychological parenting."

It appears, unless I've misinterpreted your post, you may not be much of a fan/proponent of his style/philosophies.

'According to its proponents, gentle parenting involves treating children as equals, having them participate in family decision-making, giving them a plethora of choices (as opposed to commands) and explanations, and never, ever telling them that something they did was wrong. Gentle parents are not authority figures; they are “partners.”'

John Rosemond: The ways of gentle parenting

At a speaking engagement, I was told that several parents refused to attend because I am not an advocate of “gentle parenting.” That implies that I proselytize for “rough” or “harsh” parenting, which…

www.beaconjournal.com

I’m actually a proponent of both, which is how I attempt to parent my child. When she does something wrong I let very little slide but I also try to be appropriate with my response…… try not to overreact. Also not my strong suit.

At the same time, we allow her to be part of decision making, give her the ability to think for herself and try not to dictate every part of what she thinks, does, etc. Let her figure out who she is and have some level of autonomy.


Where I disagree with similar philosophies is she’s 8. She’s not an adult, she doesn’t have an adult brain, she doesn’t have the experiences we have, she’s also not my equal. I’m her parent and she’s the child. But I don’t treat her in that way, I don’t know if that makes sense.

I’ll take a look more at some of his “stuff”. At the moment I’m teaching 6 different courses through the year between 7th grade, High school and college. I end up forgetting more than I remember or have no time to read/research beyond what I’m doing directly for my courses.