Don’t have much time to write today… also have virtually nothing to say about the Carolina Hurricanes. Don’t have any real comment on the Kings last game against the Panthers as I never saw it, but it was nice to see the defenseman contributing.
I will get to attend the game tonight, so perhaps if something exciting happens, we can talk about it then. I know what I want to see from the Kings tonight – patience in the defensive zone but decisive passing, none of this just wing it towards the most open man nonsense the Kings have been guilty of often this season. I want to see lateral passing coming out of our zone before center ice. Carolina is a fast team that is surging so I don’t want to see wide open, back and forth action, as fun as it is to watch.
In other news, perhaps you’ve already read this story about Jack Johnson, but it seems his parents have totally screwed him over.
Thanks to Dave for bringing it to my attention. We always knew that Jack’s parents were insane. His father caused problems for Jack throughout the early years of his NHL career. I had thought that Johnson had severed that umbilical cord already but unfortunately it seems he did anything but. All I can say in comment is that this is disgusting. Working in entertainment myself and my Surly Woman being a ballet teacher to up-and-coming competitive young dancers, I’ve seen my share of “stage parents” – people who obsess over their children to the point of lunacy.
It is so sad that most of these parents see themselves as caring only about their children while truly, they are lost within their own egos. For these people, their children’s achievements are their achievements, the kid’s failures, their failures.
Time and again this leads to parents being downright cruel to their kids when they don’t succeed and trying to suck as much juice out of whatever success they do earn. Unfortunately for Jack he trusted his parents to keep his own interests at heart. It’s easy to do when parents sacrifice for you throughout your life so that you can achieve your dreams. However what it is hard to see or accept is that the majority of parents who “sacrifice” everything for a child’s success are not sacrificing at all. They are taking the most direct line to success they can find and do what they do as much for themselves as for whatever dreams their kids have. It is a harsh view, but one I’ve seen be a reality first hand several times. For Johnson, this problem would only be emotional if his parents weren’t idiots. Idiots being the nicest thing I can call them.
So let’s talk about that. We can talk about the game later tonight.
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