Nov
2
Baseball, Detention and Life Lessons...
I don't know what to do anymore.
I've tried threats. I've tried punishments (No electronics for a week). I've tried encouragement. I've even tried guilt ("You're team really needs you, buddy or, the more recent, you know how much you hurt me when I can't see you play?") and nothing seems to work.
My 12-year-old son does great for several weeks, maybe even a month or so, then bam! We get the dreaded text message from his school, "Your child has Saturday detention..."
When I read that first line, my heart sinks and the rest of the text gets a bit hazy, "... They are to report to school at 7:30am in complete uniform. Detention slips have been sent home with your child today.
I've tried threats. I've tried punishments (No electronics for a week). I've tried encouragement. I've even tried guilt ("You're team really needs you, buddy or, the more recent, you know how much you hurt me when I can't see you play?") and nothing seems to work.
My 12-year-old son does great for several weeks, maybe even a month or so, then bam! We get the dreaded text message from his school, "Your child has Saturday detention..."
When I read that first line, my heart sinks and the rest of the text gets a bit hazy, "... They are to report to school at 7:30am in complete uniform. Detention slips have been sent home with your child today.
