I have been playing football for 4 years, I have.never really enjoyed it ,I just always thought it would crush my dads heart to tell him the truth. But in the most recent season I have come to hate it. I was not willing to work my butt off every day and barely get to play. My parents used to always tell me to chase my dreams and have always said that I could play any sport I want and that they would support my decision. But instead of them supporting my decision to not play football they have come to the point of forcing me to play. I have flat out told them that I refuse to play it and because of that they have punished me by taking my phone away, taking my Xbox away, and have even come to the point of taking away my chance to swim in a national swim meet which I have worked my butt off for. Swimming is my favorite sport and my parents have taken away the ability to have fun in it because they are forcing me to play sports. They have even been blaming it all on me for standing up for myself should I just give in and have 4 months of hell every year or stand up for myself?
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No.. I don’t think parents should force their children to play a sport that they hate….
Source(s): RT….
My best advice for you is to do both football and swimming. You can play football during the fall, and swimming during the winter.
Just work hard and perform very well in practice every day. In addition, what you need to do this (and every) offseason is eat healthy, exercise by doing weight lifting, and either jogging or going for a long run every day. If you do these things, you will get faster, stronger, and into better shape, which will greatly improve your chances of being successful in both football and swimming.
Do what you want to do. You don’t have to play football if you don’t want. After you refuse for a long time they’ll get the idea and back off. If swimming is your passion, then go for that. And focus on it. And show them that you can make them proud even when its not football.
Screw that–you dad is trying to live thorugh you. I don’t what your mom is thinking.
Pursue swimming–that is what your good at and like. It’s a good sport. Pursue that to the highest excellence and it can maybe pay your way through college. After that maybe Olympics.
Swimming is a good sport. Your Dad is living in the past.
Maybe try to live with your aunts or uncles if your parents are crazy. You sound like a good kid
-Harry Dunn
Edit: Upper US, he can do whatever he likes. If he is a close with a particular aunt or uncle he could ask to stay with them.
A better route would be to get the parents to leave him alone and pursue his own passions, he’s a good kid.
Upper US? What kind of name is that.
I would sue your parents or else move out, but then you would need a job. Actually, you would need a job to sue too. Unless you could find a lawyer who would take the case on contingency.
Run away and never look back, all your parents are doing is holding you back.
Stand up
Your parents are *******. Don’t mind your Dad. He just wants you to do what he never could.
Why exactly don’t you like football? What is it about it that you don’t like?