When I started this website back in August 2007, my goal was to provide an informational resource geared primarily towards tailgating, tailgate parties and the promotion of the tailgating lifestyle. I’d like to think that I have been able to achieve that in less than a year. With that said, not 100% of the articles and posts on here are all about tailgating. This is one of them. So if you are looking for tailgate party planning advice or some new tailgating ideas, please browse any of the tailgating categories and I am sure you will find what you are looking for.

Now that that is out of the way, I recently discovered an article that I agreed with so strongly that I felt compelled I needed to share it with anyone that will listen. The article appears on The Art of Manliness and is entitled Quit Coddling Your Kids. Have you ever read a news article or opinion piece that you feel just speaks to you? While reading said article it seems as if the author was reading your mind? This is one of those articles for me. I could not have written a better article than this.

In a nutshell, Quit Coddling Your Kids encourages parents, especially young fathers, to raise strong, resilient, and independent children. The trend to “helicopter” parent and to hover directly over children as they grow up robs them of their independence and their ability to discover the way the world works. This parenting trend is already making itself apparent in the workplace. I personally have seen it at my previous “day jobs” where younger generation employees are thinner skinned and crumble the first time they are reprimanded for inferior work. These are the kids that were brought up in what I call the “T-ball mentality”. Read the rest of this entry →