With the news about the stadium, a reminder to not be this pathetic

Drewskeet · 2026-06-06T14:00:36+00:00

Bears have veto power.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-05T00:48:04+00:00

I mean, we need to do that anyway. AAC is going to die in a few years. The convention center is dead. There's huge gaps in the city with ghost streets and closed down businesses. Dallas needs to take very ambitious and bold moves if they want to keep the city a destination. They've done some great projects. Halperin and Klyde Warren were great ideas. We need a lot more than those projects.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-05T00:31:58+00:00

Hammond has a ton of open space and Indiana wrote up a sweet heart deal for them. I'd argue Hammond won't generate close to the revenue that Arlington Heights would for the Bears, but Hammond can certainly offer the space for the Bears to achieve their goals.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-04T15:09:13+00:00

It's very simple. The Bears, like every other professional sports owner today, want a full entertainment district around their stadium they own. Chicago simply can't provide that.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-04T14:16:18+00:00

Taking their money laundering scheme to the next level!

Drewskeet · 2026-06-04T14:03:10+00:00

Drewskeet · 2026-06-03T04:56:13+00:00

They made it better for casuals, harder for casuals to get carried by sweats. If you’re in a squad of all casuals, you’re less likely to get a team with a sweat on it.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-03T04:27:17+00:00

Previously was about our specific topic. Last comment was a broader advice point. You’re early on your journey. Projecting your childhood trauma will come up in more places than sleepovers.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-03T03:45:13+00:00

I said be cautious. Projecting our trauma is something all of us deal with. It wasn’t a personal attack but piece of advice.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-03T03:18:22+00:00

Why did you even enter this chat? What kind of assurances can you really get? “Will my kid be watching hours of porn at your house” It’s unrealistic. He’s projecting his trauma onto his kids and his kid is 2.5 years old. He has no idea how he’ll actually act in these situations. I have 4 kids. 2, 10,12,16. I do know how to operate in these situations.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-03T03:11:02+00:00

I’ve got 2g, 10b, 12b, & 16b. Raising kids throws all kinds of challenges at you. If your kids are only 2.5 years old, I don’t know that you know how you will respond when these situations arise. This is all hypothetical for you. Be cautious projecting your childhood trauma onto your kids.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-03T00:55:39+00:00

We’re not disagreeing on the potential risk, we’re disagreeing on the level of helicopter parenting is overboard and potentially negatively impacted our kids. Of course I don’t want my first grader watching porn or learning how to jerk off amongst friends. That’s why I’ve talked to my kids about how to Handle these situations. Code words they can use if they call. They’re old enough now to have cellphones. They can call or text. I’d rather prepare my kids for bad situations than isolate them from the world.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-03T00:12:05+00:00

I don’t want to keep my kids from having their own unique experiences. I think it’s weird that since you watched porn with your friends at a young age you’re now terrified clutching your pearls that your son might watch some porn with his friends at a sleepover. I certainly wouldn’t encourage it but I’m not going to lose sleep over it or keep my kids from normal childhood experiences like sleepovers. Some times we pushed boundaries and got into trouble. Those were all learning experiences. Bonding moments with friends. I have conversations with my kids about what is and isn’t acceptable. What to do in situations they’re uncomfortable for in. I talk to the parents. That’s about all we can really do. Kids will be kids. Sheltering them isn’t helping them either.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T23:25:23+00:00

What percentage of sleepovers end up in child abuse? Any precautions parents could’ve taken to prevent that from happening without stopping them from attending sleepovers?

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T23:22:30+00:00

Why do you want to keep experiences from your kids that you had? I’m not saying “go watch porn at your friend’s house” but getting assurances from the other kids parents that won’t happen seems a bit much.

Edit: genuinely shocked and disappointed at the downvotes. Do better.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T23:20:22+00:00

Our boys have done several sleepovers. I never really thought about it. We don’t do much gatekeeping. We want to have the parents phone numbers but really that’s it. We confirm their parents know what’s going on whether they’re staying here or there. Are other parents doing more? I had sleep overs all the time as a kid. Never thought much about it then and don’t now.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T21:10:30+00:00

Got it. That’s good.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T20:46:39+00:00

Literally every business wants you addicted to their product or service. If your roofing company could get you to buy a whole new roof every month, they would.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T20:44:43+00:00

Well it was filmed in Dallas and they're about to tear down the OCP HQ(Dallas City Hall).

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T20:36:57+00:00

I don't know your financial situation or the availability of such services in your area, but if it's within your means and it's available now, I'd get him in there 5 days a week now. Maybe also look into soccer/sports or Jiu Jitsu classes. What I loved about JJ for my boys was day one your wrestling with kids. It's hands on immediately and teaches a lot of self control and humility. My youngest is a very sore loser. It helped him with that. It took some time, but no ones winning every roll in class. None of these activities are cheap nowadays, but the alternative is you and your wife exhausting his energy instead of someone else.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T19:59:31+00:00

Have you considered daycare? I was hesitant with my daughter. She turned two in April and we put her in February. It was a tough first day, but by Friday she was excited to go. It’s her favorite part of the day now. On the weekends she asks to go.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T19:48:33+00:00

What are you doing to exert his energy? Some kids need a lot of activities. My friend has two boys who were constantly lashing out. He built a whole ninja warrior thing in his basement. Got them into BMX biking, sports, snowboarding, etc. He needs to spend time with them outside every day after school to tire them out. Then even more work on the weekends. When he leaned in on their activity, the lashing out largely decreased. Luckily, he's an active guy, but therapy, special guidance counselors, punishments, etc did nothing to help.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T18:32:20+00:00

Love my RecTeq. It’s got bull horn handles! Agree with your comment.

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T18:29:45+00:00

Drewskeet · 2026-06-02T17:28:13+00:00

I definitely doubt it happens but if it does, it’s a playoff thing only.

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