Father Relies on Sports to Teach Children Core Values Instead of Direct Parenting
By
The Onion Staff
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Summary
A local father in Waukesha, Wisconsin, admits to having a hands-off approach to parenting when it comes to teaching core values, instead relying heavily on sports to instill life lessons like fairness and self-discipline in his two preteen sons. The article describes how Derrick Pomeroy brings his children home from Little League and sits them in front of a Milwaukee Bucks game, hoping sports will cover the fundamental values he could be teaching more directly.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledSaying his approach to parenting was 'hands-off' as far as imparting fundamental life lessons was concerned
local dad Derrick Pomeroy told reporters Wednesday that he was really counting on sports to instill all of the core values his two children would need in life
'I could probably find more opportunities to teach my kids about fairness and self-discipline, but with any luck, sports will cover that kind of stuff'
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