"What is this going to get you in real life?...You can't make a career of it!"

[sync pulse]

I knew a neighbor kid while I was growing up whose dad always hammered him about wanting to take up Radio Controlled model aircraft...The dad though it was a stupidly expensive and pointless activity...He would shout at him with a really angry voice, "What is this going to get you in real life?...You can't make a career of it!"

[Tapeworm]

Dude sounds like a putz.  Kids should be allowed to follow their nose.  Natural human curiosity is the best 'educational program' there is.

[Sizwe]

"Just follow your dreams", Disney Delusions of Peace.

[Tapeworm]

Jeez if your kid spills his milk what do you do?  Slap him in the head?

[El Diablo Blanco]

Only listen to your dad if he was a success otherwise do opposite what he tells you.  Secret to success revealed.

[Chadwick The Beta]

I knew a neighbor kid while I was growing up whose dad always hammered him about wanting to take up Radio Controlled model aircraft...The dad though it was a stupidly expensive and pointless activity...He would shout at him with a really angry voice, "What is this going to get you in real life?...You can't make a career of it!"

John Lennon's grandmother, well-meaning though she was, once told him, "The guitar's all very well, John, but you'll never make a living at it."