Is this part of the wussification of boys?

I don't know any kids who are doing this right now, but I think this is common. Don't suppress tears you are a gay bigot if you do, its fine for boys to cry this mainly stuff is overrated a boy crus its ok.

before toddy yells at me. My simple point is that the political correctness of this society causes us to not challenge boys to be men anymore. There is an overemphasis on emotions and not enough of an emphasis on being a man.

This is not an excuse, but i can imagine the idea that you just messed up in front of millions of people can be hard for a 12 year old to take

I don't really think crying has anything to do with how tough you are. I remember many times seeing a playground fight where the winner of the fight, after a decisive victory, cried during and after the fight. I think crying is a superficial release of emotion and has no inherent link to one's ability to persevere.

If I strike out in a big game and I have to walk to the dugout with the feeling that I let my teammates down after all the work we've put in together, I could cry. I never did, though, because everybody in the park already knew that I was going to strike out.

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This weekend I watched 4 games in the Little League World series. Players are 11-12-13 years old. All of the games were U.S. Did not watch and foreign games.

I was amazed at the number of crying episodes. Pitcher throws a ball ...he cries. Batter strikes out...he cries.

I played LL, coached LL back in the day. Never saw a player cry unless he got hit with a pitch or lost a tooth on a bad hop. Crying was for physical pain..not emotional disappointment.

My son played LL for 4 years. Never saw a player cry. I did see 7 and 8 year old tee ball players cry. But never at the age over 11.

For you younger posters who attend youth games...is this fairly common now?

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My older brother was much more serious about sports growing up than I was, and it wasn't uncommon for him to throw a little fit any time he fricked up. Around the time he turned 8 or 9, the old man took him behind the bleachers and put an end to it once and for all.

Don't blame commericials, movies, Harvard, or the government if you're raising a pussy. Look to yourself and your wife.

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This is not an excuse, but i can imagine the idea that you just messed up in front of millions of people can be hard for a 12 year old to take

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I'm going to say this is a big part of it.

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Don't blame commericials, movies, Harvard, or the government if you're raising a pussy. Look to yourself and your wife.

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This works for just about anything.

It is common. The problem stems from the parents. I can vividly remember being told to "suck it up" by coaches and parents (even my mom)when things went wrong. Now you've got a group of parents who tell their kids that they are the best ones on the team and that the coaches and other players are idiots. When things go wrong (and they will when you're playing other very good ballplayers) mommy's and daddy's little "all american" doesn't suck it up, but instead blames everybody else for his poor play. It is sad to see.

However, there are also good moments. In the five minutes of a game I watched last night I saw a kid from Chicago hit a monster HR. As he was coming home he did a bit of a showboating gesture. It wasn't necessarily to show up the other team, but to celebrate with his own teammates. Nevertheless, between innings his coach made him go to the other team's coach and apologize for his actions. I likely won't watch too much of the tournament, nor do I care who wins, but there is no doubt that the Chicago team is coached by some very respectable adults.

when I tied our school record for the 220(In my day we ran miles in halves, quarters, eighths and such) I had to lobby just to get my name added to the record plate as a co-holder.

Now if you don't get a participation ribbon for tee ball it's an outrage!

Yes the pussification comes from the parents, not the children.

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Now you've got a group of parents who tell their kids that they are the best ones on the team

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Were they wrong? These kids were selected to be on their LLWS team.

Shout out to all the homies picking on kids for crying when they're better at baseball than you are at anything.

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DawgfaninCa

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Here they come, poking their chest out as usual. We're very impressed by how tough you are.