At first it was Star Wars, then Toy Story, then Cars, the Star Wars again, then Legos, then Pokemon, and now it's sports. Most recently it's been basketball because that is what is readily available on TV. Before basketball it was football where somehow he became a huge New Orleans Saints fan. I blame video games for that.
Basketball is all he ever talks about nowadays. Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony are his favorite players, while the Oklahoma City Thunder are his favorite team. Much like his dad, who was a huge Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls fan, Carter is very much a front runner. When you are six you never want to see your team lose so naturally you pick teams that always win. That is why there are so many Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys fans my age, because when I was a kid they were always the two best teams. We don't realize it, but unless we live in an area that has pro sports teams, we always go for the winners. So all of you lifelong Yankee, Steelers, Cowboys, Lakers, Celtics fans... you are nothing but a lifelong bandwagoner.
From sun up to sundown, Carter has basketball on the brain.
His birthday is next week and all that he wants is a basketball hoop and a bunch of jerseys, most notably the players mentioned before. If he isn't checking scores on ESPN, he is playing basketball on the Xbox. If he isn't playing on the Xbox, he is up in his room playing basketball on his little toy hoop that has been hanging up since before he was born. And that is where you can see things like this:
For a six year old he has some crazy good skills. Of course he is good at any sport that he plays right now. It's something that I saw in him from an early age before he could even walk.
Right now he says that he has no interest in baseball, but I don't buy it. I never saw this obsession with basketball coming but I am on the lookout to see what's next.
Have fun with it! Sounds like you do an awesome job of fueling whatever he's passionate about and letting him dictate how long his fire burns. Well played!
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Both of the boys play basketball. We root for the local teams because win or lose, that's just what we do. Youngest loves it so much that he has two career paths chosen for himself... NBA player, and/or pizza place owner. And since his father was only 5'6" I'm thinking there's a whole lot of pizza sauce in our future. :)
ReplyDeleteWell I hope you really like pizza then.
ReplyDeleteThe only problem is that you never know when the fire is going to burn out... sometimes it's been overnight.
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