tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060436128493311648.post6355216637286046299..comments2023-10-26T08:19:37.080-04:00Comments on Daddy Knows Less: Holding Out For a HeroDaddy Knows Lesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703414937384078870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060436128493311648.post-37656427080759316302013-02-06T00:37:29.877-05:002013-02-06T00:37:29.877-05:00I discourage my kids from having sports athletes (...I discourage my kids from having sports athletes (which is easy considering they don't know many outside of the teams in Philly), celebrities, singers, etc. as role models. Its one of my pet peeves. Rather they have someone close to them, me, their mom, grandparents, cousins, pastor, doctor, teacher, etc. Because when we mess up, we have to pay for our transgressions, not use status or jetts31https://www.blogger.com/profile/12921709684430981893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060436128493311648.post-18976232367234867062013-02-04T21:59:48.348-05:002013-02-04T21:59:48.348-05:00Tony and I have this conversation all the time. K...Tony and I have this conversation all the time. Kids look up to these people and what do they see? That if you make enough money, or are visible enough, you can get away with anything. Sad.Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097214923216967086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060436128493311648.post-14693027678297442382013-02-04T11:56:28.511-05:002013-02-04T11:56:28.511-05:00You are spot on! NOt sure times have changed as m...You are spot on! NOt sure times have changed as much as we are now allowed to see our hero's flaws. Mine was Mickey Mantle, to be sure a human with many issues and problems. If he played today he would probably have been involved with drugs, steroids, and his womanizing would have been out in the open. Still he had a certian charm and unbelievable athletic ability which is what the publicjoehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.com