Standing around after baseball practice, we were talking about what the kids wanted to be when they grew up.
One of the kids, (his parents being very outspoken liberals, and even he seems happy to spout about “stupid Republicans”) said he wanted to be President some day, and his parents were both standing right there.
I asked the kid, ‘If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?’
He said, ‘I’d give food and shelter to all of the homeless people.’ and I could tell that Mom and Dad were pretty thrilled with that answer.
‘Wow… thats a pretty lofty goal, but you don’t have to wait
until you’re President to do that.
You guys could all come over to my house and clean up my yard, pull weeds, and mow the lawn, and do a bunck of stuff. Then I’ll pay you $20 each, and you can go to the grocery store where the homeless guys hang
out, and give them the money to use toward food and a place to live.”
The kid thought about it barely a split second, and asked, ‘Why don’t the homeless people come over and do the work, and you can just pay them the $20?’
I said, ‘that’s a pretty good question!’ and just looked at the parents to fill him in…
His parents no longer come in to the field to practice, and just drop him off in the parking lot.
I wonder why?