Jack had a basketball game today, we won. It got intense and the other team started talking smack to our kids. The kids on our team are a lot like Jack, similar family backgrounds. They are not used to kids talking the way these kids were. One of their kids was being rather aggressive in guarding one of our kids and he did not even have the ball. So our kid, being the outgoing and full of life kid that he is, started dancing around and bouncing all over the place till the kid that was guarding him was laughing so hard he could not do anything. We were all laughing! Our kids take things in stride and I am so glad for that, because as a parent I get so worked up over these games. I love the way our kids handle themselves under pressure.
We have talked to Jack about being a good sport and not using bad language and how it is a reflection on him when he does that. I have tried to teach him things to say when people talk that way and I hope it will sink in. It is so sad to see and hear kids his age and even younger using such bad words. The boys endured all of the smack talk and they came out ahead.
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