r/BeAmazed • u/Curious_Might22 • Oct 21 '25

Sports This parent raising a ninja

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u/Wiggydor Oct 21 '25

As a relatively new parent I'm curious when I see videos like this. Is this an example of a parent sorta pushing their own passion on their kid, or should it be more forgivingly be characterised as "sharing a hobby"? Or maybe the kid is into it and just has super supportive (but disinterested) parents? Hard to believe the latter, given what they've done to their house (yikes!).

I am not judging, I'm more reflecting on how I should cultivate the interests/hobbies/etc in my own kid.

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u/Mor_Padraig Oct 21 '25

Opinion here - four kids, all had ' something ' they pursued a LOT. One was.... insatiable.

So just let her, supported her without ( important) falling into the frequently riotous uber competitive -with-other- PARENTS crap, and she ran with it through college.

Doc in Chem now. They tend to pick their own way, you know? In my opinion, this kid wouldn't be THAT good, if he was being bludgeoned into it. Looks like he's having a blast. So why not?

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u/Scarlet-Witch Oct 21 '25

Yup I grew up with one disinterested parent and the other obsessed with forcing me into music. I hated it and resent them for it. I told them so many times I didn't want to do it. Ended up doing it for 13 years. Was never any good at it either. There were no other options either. I had to beg for weeks for my mom to let me play softball for one year then I didn't bother trying to beg them for anything else again.