Kids all around the world have heard the phrase in almost every language known to man, but is it really true? Do your parents really know what's best for you? After reading ‘How Soccer Explains the American Culture Wars’ by Franklin Foer I realized that sometimes this is not the case. From Foer’s experiences I could tell that sometimes when his parents thought they were doing something that would benefit him, they were actually harming him. They subconsciously convinced themselves that Soccer was the best for him and pretended that it would be a great sport for foer to participate n. But Foer could see the outlying influences; his parents peers, who thought that soccer was fashionable. I realized this from the quote,”Steering your child into
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They worried too much about what others thought about. Of course they cared about their son, but they cared about their reputations too and disregarded that other sports would have been better for Foer. He could have played basketball which required a lot of team building, and this would have helped foer break out of his shell and become more social. But it is a shame that Foster parent thought that basketball ‘Had the taint of the ghetto’ (Pg. 351, Paragraph 2). They could have enrolled their son into baseball, a sport that Foers father was clearly fond of, and b enrolling him in this sport Foer could have became closer to his father all while reaping the benefits of a competitive and exciting sport like baseball.
The most surprising part of this whole manipulation of soccer t fit the yuppie parent’s lifestyle was that they had to change the teams every season. He had to do this so that parents wouldnt band together so they could ‘Win at all costs” (Pg. 351, Paragraph 2). The team changes were made to prevent any manipulation of the game winner, this shows a lot about the yuppies and how much status means to them. If the teams were not changed each season, the parents would have likely tried to manipulate the games to make themselves and their children look
They worried too much about what others thought about. Of course they cared about their son, but they cared about their reputations too and disregarded that other sports would have been better for Foer. He could have played basketball which required a lot of team building, and this would have helped foer break out of his shell and become more social. But it is a shame that Foster parent thought that basketball ‘Had the taint of the ghetto’ (Pg. 351, Paragraph 2). They could have enrolled their son into baseball, a sport that Foers father was clearly fond of, and b enrolling him in this sport Foer could have became closer to his father all while reaping the benefits of a competitive and exciting sport like baseball.
The most surprising part of this whole manipulation of soccer t fit the yuppie parent’s lifestyle was that they had to change the teams every season. He had to do this so that parents wouldnt band together so they could ‘Win at all costs” (Pg. 351, Paragraph 2). The team changes were made to prevent any manipulation of the game winner, this shows a lot about the yuppies and how much status means to them. If the teams were not changed each season, the parents would have likely tried to manipulate the games to make themselves and their children look