tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21270972.post4672966182980552553..comments2024-01-27T07:51:13.410-05:00Comments on Games N Gadgets: Kobe Bryant shouldn't have jumped over that carUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21270972.post-2810311783950233992008-04-28T18:07:00.000-04:002008-04-28T18:07:00.000-04:00When I was a kid, I wanted to fly like Superman - ...When I was a kid, I wanted to fly like Superman - so I got a complete superman suit, down to the red undies themselves, and jumped off a dumpster *believing" I could fly. Duh. <BR/><BR/>Superman wasn't even real - of course, so a real human being like Kobe could up the "maybe I could do it" factor even more for a kid. I totally get your point. <BR/><BR/>The problem here is, I made these decisions. Personal accountability does have a place in our society. Stupid kids die, doing stupid things, all the time. Adults too. If we made it so every role model in the world only did safe things, we'd live in a horribly boring place where Superman just talked the bad guys out of trying to blow up Metropolis.<BR/><BR/>I'd prefer not to live in a nanny state where Kobe couldn't make a video like this. Oh, and I have kids who are easily influenced by what they consume in the media, and I let them play out side - unsupervised and encouraged to "break a leg".7 Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696119619395128782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21270972.post-12669440826407195122008-04-18T23:12:00.000-04:002008-04-18T23:12:00.000-04:00It's called PARENTING, something too lacking in to...It's called PARENTING, something too lacking in today's society. Somehow I don't think your kids, LW, would ever think about it, nor would mine.<BR/>If we don't supervise and become involved in their lives, then they will raise themselves and do the stupid things that come to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com