Re: Is band "uncool"?


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Posted by Joe Baker on September 02, 2003 at 15:08:43:

In Reply to: Is band "uncool"? posted by Geezer on August 30, 2003 at 20:07:05:

I don't know you or your kids, but at that age a lot of kids will go to great lengths to differentiate themselves from their parents -- sometimes to their own detriment. Even if your kids are crazy about you, they may seek 'their own path', in which case your background in band might be the very reason they don't want to take part. When you ask why, they may lack the ability to explain it, or even to really understand it themselves, so "it's not cool" is the explanation you get. After all, you were in band, and what middle-school kid thinks their parents are cool? My kids love me, but they don't think I'm cool.

If this is what's going on, then I think your kids are missing out big time; but if this is the worst they do in an attempt to break away, count yourself lucky.

Joe Baker, who is describing his own daughter.


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