Top 10 Lessons Parents Can Teach Their Kids Using A-Rod: A Sunday Morning Musing

I’m a baseball fan and a Yankee fan at that. However, I’m truly exhausted by the saga that is Alex Rodriguez. I need not go into more details or rant about my personal thoughts on the subject. Instead, I thought about how this relates to fatherhood and parenting in general.

The answer is rather simple, the entire situation is a great way to explain some important life lessons. So here is a list of the top ten things a parent can teach their kids using Alex Rodriguez:

1. No matter how far you can hit a fastball, bad behavior will always catch-up to you.
2. Anyone tells you to stick a needle in any part of you, and their name is not followed by M.D., seriously question what you’re about to do.
3. Sports are just entertainment. There are significantly more important things in life.
4. Get over yourself. Each of us has the potential to do great things, but that doesn’t make us better or more important than everyone else.
5. Don’t lie. Once you lie, you can never stop. See item #1 above.
6. Be grateful to those who employ you. For their generosity provides for your life.
7. If you truly don’t like who or what employs you, leave.
8. The world isn’t always nice, get used to it.
9. Some days you will wish you could go back to kindergarten, that’s a normal feeling.
10. Don’t be Alex Rodriguez.

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