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Message: [QUOTE="JavaMan, post: 2967223, member: 5562"] [B][I](CNN) [/I][/B][I]"Oh the times, they are a changin'." Those words from a famous Bob Dylan song may not be something most people associate with college athletics, but they help illustrate a seismic shift in the way parents and kids view their athletic opportunities. Baby boomer parents who were "old school" have given way to Gen X parents who have sheltered their kids from disappointment, adversity and failure and by doing so have left them without the skills or toughness to navigate through life. This is a generation of kids who come to college having never learned the valuable lessons that failing teaches us. [/I] Sounds like it could be right out of Geno's playbook. Maybe they have more in common than just basketball and Philadelphia. Full article [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/opinions/kids-need-grit-let-them-fail-muffet-mcgraw/index.html'][B][HERE][/B][/URL] [/QUOTE]