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We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

- LZ Granderson
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LZ Granderson
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Children are wonderful, but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be.

I don't begrudge a coach for trying to get all that he or she can. I don't resent a school feeling it needs to pay to keep top talent. I'm just afraid to think where all of this will end up because the overall impact seems to be stretching far beyond the scoreboard.

As a newspaper reporter, I covered and was around a fair number of crime scenes involving juvenile delinquents, and few things bothered me more than listening to their parents. Crying, ranting, proclaiming how great their children were despite being kicked out of school or previous run-ins with the law.

It only takes 140 characters to toss one's character out the window.

Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students' self-esteem. But it's certainly not to inflate students' sense of self-worth with a bunch of unearned compliments and half-truths.

I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.

My son was born during my last semester in college. His due date was Thanksgiving, but he didn't show up until finals week. I brought my books to the hospital and didn't think anything of it. That is what a father is supposed to do.

Believe me, I recognize the cultural and anatomical challenges and respect the sacrifices women make in order to balance family and a career, or family with no career, or career with no family.

I haven't dunked since Bill Clinton was in office, so I'm just happy for anyone who can do so without a trampoline.

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We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.