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If you make a kid play t ball at 3 or 4 is that the same thing? That kid may have no idea what they're signing up for, but that doesn't mean the dad is trying to live through the kid that still pisses himself. Seriously, why are you turning this into some sort of morality arguement or whatever? Maybe the mom just thinks it will make the baby cuter, IN HER OPINION.

No man, have you worked with kids that have suffered years of dysfunctional parenting? I have. What I'm saying, and honestly man, slow down and use some comprehension skill. I see i'm wasting time, the only reason I'm bothering is because this DOES involve children and maybe a parent can take something away from this. If you've worked with kids it's pretty simple, you roll them a ball, if they roll it back... do it again. If you see a willingness to interact in their eyes, they are learning a motor skill and they enjoy it.

There are thousands of teen suicides directly stemmimg from overbearing parents belittling abilities and humiliating their kids in competitive sports. Two very different things and if you really want to learn, just start Googling. I'm not speaking about moral issues, simply what is a positive or negative input to a child's growth. Opinions are one thing, clinical studies that universally agree, with same data and results are another. Is a mom who wants to pierce a babies ears an indicator of future abusive pageant type syndrome? F#ck no...

But if a child is going to develop into an emotionally healthy, well balanced, well adapted, and productive individual who makes positive contributions to society, it IS a parent's job to MAKE CHOICES for the child and GUIDE a child responsibly... for the CHILD'S SAKE. The second a parent crosses the line and a child becomes the surrogate for the vicarious, it begins to diminish in functioning correctly. None of us are perfect and neither are our children. We all have shortcoming but if we really care, it's not hard to learn to correct ourselves before we inflict it on our kids. But now more than ever, there's a disconnect in society when it comes to knowing how or even desiring to learn to responsibly raise a well adjusted child.