I want you to know I sincerely apologize to you for what we here in Jersey call "breaking your balls." My initial post when I came to this forum was to break your chops when you son didn't wrestle TJ and at first I thought he was ducking. He then ended up having a string of injuries and all along I honestly thought he'd get healthy and we'd see him wrestle and I know your kids talented.
That being said, over the last few weeks, I've seen your son kind of self destructing on social media. I saw a post you made that you haven't spoken with him in a few weeks.
That's when it him me. Being a father myself, I felt ashamed of my ball breaking. Your son is obviously going through something tough mentally. As a father I could only imagine that you like every other father that's involved in your kids lives, you did everything in your power to do your best. To give everything you had in life to give your child the best opportunity to succeed. When our kids do dumb things, it hurts as parents and I feel for you. I'm sure you've tried to talk some sense in to him but he's not responding obviously. I've been there and it sucks.
In closing, I really hope your son gets the help he needs. Whether he ever steps on a mat again is irrelevant. Even though he's 24 yrs old, he's still a kid and he's still your son and hopefully the more and more you and your family can try to help him will finally sink in and he learns from his mistakes.
I don't know if he's been suspended or not but the one thing he needs to do if he is going to try to wrestle again is to get off social media. Degrading his teammates and his school is never a good idea whether he believes in what he's saying or not. He just needs to lay low and hopefully this all blows over and he gets another chance.
Good luck from one father to another. Peace
That being said, over the last few weeks, I've seen your son kind of self destructing on social media. I saw a post you made that you haven't spoken with him in a few weeks.
That's when it him me. Being a father myself, I felt ashamed of my ball breaking. Your son is obviously going through something tough mentally. As a father I could only imagine that you like every other father that's involved in your kids lives, you did everything in your power to do your best. To give everything you had in life to give your child the best opportunity to succeed. When our kids do dumb things, it hurts as parents and I feel for you. I'm sure you've tried to talk some sense in to him but he's not responding obviously. I've been there and it sucks.
In closing, I really hope your son gets the help he needs. Whether he ever steps on a mat again is irrelevant. Even though he's 24 yrs old, he's still a kid and he's still your son and hopefully the more and more you and your family can try to help him will finally sink in and he learns from his mistakes.
I don't know if he's been suspended or not but the one thing he needs to do if he is going to try to wrestle again is to get off social media. Degrading his teammates and his school is never a good idea whether he believes in what he's saying or not. He just needs to lay low and hopefully this all blows over and he gets another chance.
Good luck from one father to another. Peace