Austin Rivers puts Doc on that summerjam screen

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Carolina Slim said:
I understand both sides of it. My pops wasn't one of them warm and fuzzy niiggas. He was straight up and down, always told me what time it was. As I got older I understood that he was a product of how he came up. I never knew his pops, and don't think he knew that much about him either other than that he was a barber. So he came up rough, and he was always making sure I wasn't on no foolishness. Even though he would get home late from work cause of driving trucks, we would watch games together, he'd take me to ride my bike, or play catch with me, but it definitely wasn't no warm and fuzzy constant "I love you" type situations. Ironically it wasn't until I had my oldest son that I saw that side of him. It was funny for me to watch him interact with him as a baby and see him just melt. I would be like "is this the same niigga that I grew up around?" But I never had any doubt that he loved me. I just kinda figured he could only give me what he knew. But I knew that I could give my kids more. So I think I did more in terms of being approachable while at the same time letting them know I ain't their buddy.

The homie Doc might have been the same way; I knew he grew up rough in Chicago. Maybe with him coaching in Boston and providing for his family in Orlando, he felt like he was doing his job as a parent, not really realizing that his kids needed more. Might be that Austin don't even like ball like that, it might have just been his only way of connecting with his pops on some level.

Who knows, maybe they'll wind up on that "Iyanla Fix My Life" show my wife loves to watch. That might be the one time I sit down and watch it with her.
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For those who quoted me ...this guy sums up mostly what I mean...
 
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zayk35 said:
Oh I know I'm a dinosaur ....but like I said the world ain't changed like that...I've tried both ways and the old way mixed with just a smidge of new shyt gets the best results
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Different kids need to be parented differently. There’s no one size fits all parenting. There are people in jail cells who had parents who were too rough on them and there were people in jail cells who had parents who were too easy going

Gotta be able to read kids personalities. That whole being a dikk to your kids thing and dubbing it “tough love” is usually bullshyt though.
 
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Carolina Slim said:
I understand both sides of it. My pops wasn't one of them warm and fuzzy niiggas. He was straight up and down, always told me what time it was. As I got older I understood that he was a product of how he came up. I never knew his pops, and don't think he knew that much about him either other than that he was a barber. So he came up rough, and he was always making sure I wasn't on no foolishness. Even though he would get home late from work cause of driving trucks, we would watch games together, he'd take me to ride my bike, or play catch with me, but it definitely wasn't no warm and fuzzy constant "I love you" type situations. Ironically it wasn't until I had my oldest son that I saw that side of him. It was funny for me to watch him interact with him as a baby and see him just melt. I would be like "is this the same niigga that I grew up around?" But I never had any doubt that he loved me. I just kinda figured he could only give me what he knew. But I knew that I could give my kids more. So I think I did more in terms of being approachable while at the same time letting them know I ain't their buddy.

The homie Doc might have been the same way; I knew he grew up rough in Chicago. Maybe with him coaching in Boston and providing for his family in Orlando, he felt like he was doing his job as a parent, not really realizing that his kids needed more. Might be that Austin don't even like ball like that, it might have just been his only way of connecting with his pops on some level.

Who knows, maybe they'll wind up on that "Iyanla Fix My Life" show my wife loves to watch. That might be the one time I sit down and watch it with her.
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Great post.
 
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Doc sounds like a Nigerian dad.

Shows you love through their hard work, and are the type too proud To say I love you but will rather stand there and look at you like this
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MJ Truth said:
Austin always shytting on Doc as a father as though Doc didn’t do the main thing a father is supposed to do for his son - set up him up for success as an adult.
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doc is a failure as a father.
Both parents financially support their children to adulthood. That is what you are supposed to do, you don't get praise for that.
There is no excuse for never spending time and not having a real relationship with your kids because of work.

Its ridiculous
 
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zayk35 said:
In this world fukk all that bullshyt "hands on daddy" bullshyt.... He was out there in this world providing a cushy life for his family and this lil ungrateful mf throwing shots....u sound like a "new age man" wanna be all "cuddle cuddle" with your son and shyt ... nope ...no matter what this world ain't changed...and you know Doc from the old school
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Don’t have kids homeboy ...
 
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