Yep. Too much time gaming in the basement and working up conspiracy theories about why it the fault of others that he is a loser.
“Yep. Too much time gaming in the basement and working up conspiracy theories about why it’s the fault of others that he is a loser.”
Yesterday afternoon my wife and I spent the afternoon watching a 13 year old younger relative participate in wrestling matches involving about a hundred plus youngsters from ages 9 to 14.
They participated from 3 pm until about 6 pm. They volunteered to wrestle who ever the various coaches matched them with. A few picked their own opponents. Multiple mats were used and as soon as a match was over, another one was started.
My wife and I noticed some of them doing homework between matches. Our younger relative was one doing his homework and helping others with homework.
The older kids constantly were helping the younger kids learn wrestling escapes, take downs and various holds when they weren’t doing these activities with kids their weight and age levels. Only a few sat around if they were not wrestling. There was a constant motion of involvement and helping others.
Their coaches didn’t allow them to use their cell phones in the gym.
At the end, most of the bigger kids rolled up the mats and put them away so the gym could be used by the regular students the next morning.
We took our younger relative, his older sister a dance student, who had been practicing serious dancing since 4 pm, and their mother out for dinner a little before 7 pm.
They were so tired, they couldn’t finish their dinners and took them home for the next day.
We joked with their mother, they would be asleep before they got home. She said yep, but they had to shower before bedtime. She said as soon as they showered, they could go to bed. She would make sure that their homework was done. If not, they would do it the next morning.
My wife and I thought about how lucky these kids were/are versus the ones stay at home to game and text.