GSF Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 My 3 year old boy and six year old girl like to watch Skins games with me and root for the Skins. They have their little t shirts, and I just ordered my daughter a little Skins Cheerleader outfit for Christmas. Well tonight as we were getting ready to put them down, one of the MNF commercials came on showing the Eagles. So my son says that the Eagles have cooler shirts and he wants to cheer for that team. Then my daughter jumps in and says, "yeah, we like the Eagles now Daddy, we don't want to cheer for the Redskins anymore. They always lose anyway." The Horror. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. D Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 You can't really blame them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleSteve Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 let them go....another post season loss without anything to show for it can crush the littlest of spirits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 release them from their contract and sign some new kids in the offseason :jk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Well, they're young... They have time to return back to the light... Make sure you tell them they are being led towards the dark side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleSteve Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 First things first - Boo any blue stars. Then teach them the battery toss. After that, as Bufford hinted, comes depression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridironmike Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Pop in a Hail to the Redskins cassette and maybe an NFL Films feature on George Allen. Then break out the glory days tapes of Theismann and Riggins (especially the run in Super Bowl XVII). The Fun Bunch would be a nice addition. Be sure to show them Darrell Green running down Tony Dorsett. The second quarter of Super Bowl XXII is a clinic. Come to think of it, just about any game from 1991. They'll come back around after that deluge. Oh yeah, boo the blue star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCalMike Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 kids like to rebel. when I was 6 my family moved out of the Maryland/DC area to Sacramento, CA( where I still live now) and I started to root for the 49ers for about a month or two, just because most of my friends did. My Dad corrected that behaivor without being to forceful which would have caused me to try and rebel even more. As long as you go about it right, they will come around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC4 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Originally posted by GSF My 3 year old boy and six year old girl like to watch Skins games with me and root for the Skins. They have their little t shirts, and I just ordered my daughter a little Skins Cheerleader outfit for Christmas. Well tonight as we were getting ready to put them down, one of the MNF commercials came on showing the Eagles. So my son says that the Eagles have cooler shirts and he wants to cheer for that team. Then my daughter jumps in and says, "yeah, we like the Eagles now Daddy, we don't want to cheer for the Redskins anymore. They always lose anyway." The Horror. :doh: They are young and thus, are still young enough to be saved from the evils of the DARK SIDE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just skins baby Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Originally posted by bubba9497 release them from their contract and sign some new kids in the offseason :jk: :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 It's not too late GSF. They can still be saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCS:BraveCaringSoul Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Quick lock them in a closet with a box of hard tack and a gallon of stale water until they come to their senses!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Even Madder Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Easy solution: play an old game instead. Play a Redskins game with wily old Joe Gibbs coaching and Dave Butts swinging his helmet like a lunchpail and John Riggins galloping through the wide open gates the Hogs are holding open for him. They'll never know the difference. They don't read the papers, do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red&BlueRivalry Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 You see...you have to brainwash these kids from the get-go and make sure they turn out right. For my new nephew's birth gift last month, I sent my brother and sister-in-law two sets of infant Dallas Cowboys apparel. They don't live in Dallas and my brother isn't much of a football fan so I have to make sure my new nephew turns out right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Try this to re-condition your kids: 1. Scour ebay for plates with Eagles and Redskins logos. 2. Through a simple answer and question game try to determine their favorite and least favorite food. 3. Let some time pass after the game so that they forget that they ever divulged their preferences to you (a week will be long enough, to the youngens it seems like a year anyway). 4. Start serving their LEAST favorite dishes on Eagles plates for a week straight followed by a week of their MOST favorite dishes on Redskins plates. 5. After two weeks they may start to get suspicious so you will have to start alternating between the dishes but always keeping with the tactic of serving their favorite dishes on Redskins plates. 6. After about a month secretly discard the plates and then kick back and enjoy while watching your kids yell out in disgust as they watch McNabb praise yet another can of Chunky soup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 If they ever say that crap again... tell them there's no Santa Clause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsanity56 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 maybe your kids are smarter than you.........??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redblazer00 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Start showing your kids some of the Washington Redskins classic games from the 80's instead of watching the real team then they will begin to love the Skins again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo da Magnificent Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Ya know, child abuse does have it's use from time to time . . . :twitch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ax Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Make them watch Nature shows. The ones with Eagles catching and eating fish (tell your kids it's Emo) and rabbits. (cute little bunnies:cry: If that don't work, it's out behind the wood shed:nono: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASMTrainer Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 rofl at some of these responses. Love the "sign new kids in the offseason" I have a 9 y/o boy that loves the Skins but the other day he gets up after about 3 min and says he gonna go up to his room to play and then he turns around to me and said. "Enjoy watching the Redskins lose Daddy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Originally posted by Die Hard If they ever say that crap again... tell them there's no Santa Clause. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halter91 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Ground them and send them to their rooms. When they have seen the light, let them out. Hopefully, it wil only be a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman56 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 These are the types of things Snyder needs to hear in a strongly-worded letter. I'm sure he'd be happy to know he's alienating the next generation of fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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