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Date Posted: 11:51:47 04/20/04 Tue
Author: Texas
Author Host/IP: cs242204-4.houston.rr.com / 24.242.204.4
Subject: General Observation

Contrary to popular belief, pageants are not the only children's activity that brings out disgruntled parents. My children played baseball for years and we witnessed "baseball moms/dads" in action every weekend. My point to this post is that there are children out there who choose to be involved in a given activity and flourish because of it. My praise goes to the parents who support their childrens ambitions and goals. However, there are also children who are forced into activities so that their Mothers and Fathers can live a dream vicariously through them. This is by no means limited to pageants or baseball; we see it happen in everything. My sympathy goes to those parents who don't recognize that their dream is not their childs and most important, my heart goes out to the children who have to grow up under that pressure.

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