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All right, it's Mojo on the morning show. Kev's got something to lay out as a dad that as a parent sometimes you might have something, you know, similar to this happen to you with your kids.

i did with one of my kids but what's going on and um i've had this dream and this vision that i would have a child that would grow up and become a phenomenal basketball player and i literally can close my eyes and see myself as one of those parents during march madness where they're sitting in the seats their child is a phenomenal basketball player and they're scoring a bunch of points and And then the commentators show the father and the mother or whatever the situation is. And they show them and they're wearing their T-shirt from their school. And like, I've had that vision. And maybe it'll happen.

And then they go pro and they buy you a house.

Yeah, I'd love that.

Or they don't even need to go pro nowadays, right?

Stay in I.L., yeah. But maybe it'll happen, but it won't happen with Josiah. And Josiah does not like basketball. And it's not only basketball. he doesn't like sports period and that was very tough for me earlier on in his life and we had one situation and it played out because he did the announcement for the pistons the other day yeah and he did an amazing job and he loved it and then right when he got done i look over and he's got his head down and he's playing with like the hooper plush doll and then throughout the day i'm looking over he's before we even came he's like dad can i bring my ipad i'm like no we're not there to do what you do all the all the damn time anyway he looks up at the clock he's like It's 38 minutes to go. Does that mean we're leaving him? I'm like, no, Joe, it doesn't work like that. But when he was younger, I signed him up for T-Ball, like I feel like most people do. And he was phenomenal at T-Ball. He was the fastest on the team. His hand-eye coordination was great. He picks up things really quickly and really well. He's attentive. He listens to the coaches. And then he had, like, this Halloween thing at the zoo, and his mom took him. And she's like, talk to your son. Josiah doesn't want to get out the car. And I'm in my daddy's mind. And I'm like, okay, put him on the phone. Like, all he needs to do is hear my voice, and I'm going to tell him, you know. And he's crying, and he's like, you didn't ask me if I wanted to go. The same way you didn't ask me if I wanted to play baseball. Oh, my God, this is such a thing. He got you. He's like, I don't like sports. And since that moment, it's like, damn, like, we can't. He doesn't want to watch a football game. He's not interested in the Super Bowl. Like, he does not care about all the sports things that I'm infatuated with.

and um man yeah i i said i can relate to that because of i've had this with jacob jacob was and it's crazy why is it that god makes the

kid that hates sports the best athlete it's in our family jacob was the best athlete the kid we used to have people come up to us when jacob was younger after soccer games and there would be coaches from travel teams that would say would your son like to play on a travel team i'm like my son doesn't even want to be here it's crazy yeah man trying to make grass whistles isn't it

unreal i always post videos he's like singing kendrick on third base and throwing his mitt up in the air and catching it. But Kev, you said something that is a constant debate in our household, and that is the kids saying right now they're both swimming. They swim year-round competitively, and then Luce plays a cross, which she's obsessed with. And we try to get Smith to, you know, we've tried T-ball. That is just not his thing. He likes flag football, kind of. But there are a lot of times he'll call me out and be like, you you and dad did not even ask me if i wanted to be signed up for swimming like on the days that he's really not feeling going to practice and i'm like kind of right like he's right and i've had

those conversations with josiah like yes this is your life because i talked to him like he's in it i'm like yes this is your life you should have a decision yes you should have a voice in it but at the same time you're you're too young to see things that i see and you have to trust me that there are qualities about you. There are abilities about you or abilities that you have that right now you don't understand yet. And you have to trust me enough to know that I'm not just going to put you in something just for the hell of it. Like I see something in you.

Chelsea and I did the well-rounded card. We, we told him, Hey, he's like, we want you to be well-rounded. We want you to be involved in a bunch of things. And then Jacob did the, Hey, you know, but it's not the thing that I want to do. So he, so we said, you have to do something at least athletic, meaning active wise, Like, so he would honestly run or he did, you know, just get, because we're like, hey, biggest reason why we're throwing you into this thing is not because I want you to become a professional athlete. My biggest thing was, I don't want you sitting on the couch all day, you know, but 844-MOJO-LIVE, 844-665-6548. And for those that don't understand, Kev is the biggest, you're one of the biggest sports fans, but basketball guys, you're the announcer for the Pistons, you do all that stuff and here's your kid. It'd be like LeBron, you know, although Bronny does look like he doesn't know how to, I mean, but it'd be like, it would be like LeBron's kid not wanting to play basketball, which is interesting.

You can use Jordan because his kids actually suck at basketball. That is true.

His kids were horrible. Yeah. They were not good. But it, but it also, honestly, uh, I wonder what do you do? Like when your dad, like, what do you do if your dad's Barry Sanders? You know what I mean? And you got to, you know, you, and you, all you want to do is hard as, as his kid.

If that is not in your heart to want to play football or you're not good at football, that would be such a tough position to be in as a kid.

His son is an athlete, though. He plays basketball for Michigan State. So he's a hooper.

And his one son, actually, works for EA Sports. He's the man for the Madden game. He does all the ratings of the players for that. Yeah, so Barry's got – but it's also, you know, it's like also like the sports dad who has nothing but daughters, and their daughters don't want to do anything. Hold on. Speaking of LeBron, LeBron is on the phone with us right now. Who is this? Hi.

Hi, my name is LeBron. I'm actually much older than LeBron. My comment was that sometimes we have – God gives us talent, but we don't have the passion for those things. So we can be good at something. Like some kids are smart in math and really good at math, but don't really like math. You know what I'm saying? It's just something they're talented in. And sometimes as parents, we have to put our pride aside sometimes and go after our kids' passion. I'm a foster parent, so I deal with a lot of different types of kids. And a lot of things I had to realize that what I want for them is not necessarily what they want for themselves. And yes, I also get that we sometimes have to encourage our kids to do things because sometimes they don't know. Like, I hear people who make their kids play piano, and then they grow up and be musicians. You know what I'm saying? Yes, that can happen, but also you can make them kind of resent you in a lot of ways. Yeah.

It's a fine line to dance. True. Like, you want to push them to try things. Yeah. But.

The resenting part is tough, too, if you push them, push them, push them, you know? What's up, Lucy?

How are you?

Good. What's going on? We're talking this morning about what do you do when your kid doesn't love what you love?

i think he should kind of not force him but push him into it maybe he'll find a sport he likes because it's so much more than just the sport it's the friendship the memories see i disagree he's not going to connect with people i disagree for having

been there and done that I think that you find out what his passion is and you love my dad one time told me you find something you're passionate about you'll never work a day in your life if

you're doing it for a living and I think like I'm on the other I have two boys that play travel hockey I'm sure Megan can relate to when she was growing up yeah being in but I to me it's like it's become my whole life yeah but your kids love it right yes but sometimes there are days they

don't want to go i think that's different i think that we all have days as kids where we're tired or we just want to go to the birthday party and we don't want to go to the really crappy hotel in you know new york upstate new york like nobody wants to go to buffalo for that tournament that weekend and stay at a motel six like there are weekends that you don't want to do it but i think if your kid doesn't want to do it at all and you're forcing them to take up every weekend and four days a week to go to practice to be involved in something that they don't want to be involved in that's where the damage is being done yeah and i was really grateful my dad never forced me to do anything but if we asked to do something and he signed us up for it we had to finish the season absolutely which is a great way to teach that lesson so i asked one year to play baseball i hated baseball but i finished the baseball season because i asked to do it yeah

what's up lisa hi hi good morning good morning what's going on you guys hear me yes gotcha so

So my son, let me preface this by I now know he came out of the womb a car enthusiast and their brains are wired differently. However, we did the whole he's a boy, signed him up at age three for soccer, hated it, cried, whatever, put him in T-ball, which he played to like third grade and then his eyes went bad and he couldn't hit. So he didn't love it, so we just kind of let it go. All the time, very into cars. Before he could read, he knew every car on the road without even being able to read, just very into it. anything he could do car he wanted ran cross country liked it enough to do that through high school um anyway now he is 26 and is a video journalist with a very successful youtube channel making bank so you got to support their passion like we you know we didn't get it for a long time you know because he's just one of those hardcore car enthusiasts and it's just always going to be that way and that's okay but you didn't know that at first yeah i think that's i think that's

wonderful he he had his passion you kind of knew what it was and then as time went by you know you steer him towards it and i think josiah for those you hear josiah on the radio and when we have him on the radio people go crazy with the fact that this kid can man he he can speak and he speaks from his heart and his brain but i but i will tell you if you have never seen this kid's artwork This kid does, like, when I first saw things on his iPad, I thought it was what came with the iPad or whatever the program. I didn't realize he made it. So I would sit there and say that that passion that he has, to me, is better than any kind of sport you could play.

And I feel like you do a really good job of fostering that.

Once I realized that that was his passion, I was all in on what he was into. So voice acting, all the art classes. But it was still tough, man. It's still tough to this day to want to watch a game, and he doesn't give a damn about it.

You know what, though? It's great because you never have to fight for a television. You got to. You know what I mean?

Yeah, I mean, silver lining.

And you don't have disagreements on teams.

Yeah.

Like, I have Joe that, you know, he sits there and fights for every other team, but I.

What is it about kids that do that? Like, my little nephew got really into hockey and we told him all about the Red Wings. He was like, I love the Avalanche. I'm like, I'll hit a child. I'll hit a kid because you're saying that just to piss me off. You don't know who the Avalanche are.

Right. What's up with them? What's going on, Derek? Hi.

Hey, how are you guys?

Good, man. What's going on with you, Derek?

Not much. Just wanted to make a comment about the kids and sports, because I always find that a great topic, because as kids, you know, you want to let your kids be able to do what they want, things like that. And when I was younger, I had football first contact practice, and my mom told my mom I didn't feel good. And she's like, all right, well, let's just see your dad at work. And my dad goes, hey, do you know what today is? And she goes, no, first contact day. So, of course, she doesn't want to go down to football. So pack them up, get them down there, and I'll be down there after work. And she took me down, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me because we ended up winning state in high school, things like that. So being pushed to that next level because you don't know what you want as a kid.

How old were you at the time when this was going on?

i was uh eight years old when that happened interesting i think everybody's story is

different that is interesting though that it actually worked in the favor of you then starting to like it um but uh i don't know but it's one of those things that you got to feel out like he got pushed and it and it worked but if kev was constantly pushing josiah to go to basketball practice like and after a year he was still resisting it's like okay you try it i pushed

you it didn't work at what point are you not listening right right you brought up the fact

that he was playing with the hooper doll i remember jacob used to bring coloring books with him to go to pistons games and it would drive me crazy actually it's funny we all went to the lions thanksgiving game as a family and he sat there the entire time going when are we leaving when are we leaving and he's you know he's a grown adult now but he was nice enough to know that his family all wanted to go so he's like i'm gonna hang out but he drank a lot and you know

john what's up hi hey mojo gang how's it going good morning what's going on um yeah i got uh well i got four kids two daughters two boys um but i have 11 year old and a 13 year old sons and My 13-year-old wants nothing to do with sports. Yet my 11-year-old, that's all he's about. And who do you love more? Which one do you love more? They might hear this, so I love them both. My youngest was actually the young kid that went to Imagine Theater a couple years ago on that Lions-Chiefs game, the season opener.

I remember that, yeah.

Yeah, he was that little Chiefs a-hole.

Yeah, exactly. This is where you want your kids not to root for the wrong team so you don't care if they like sports, right?

Exactly. But they don't compete. They don't practice together. And it kind of sucks because you want them to enjoy some things together, and they're so polar opposite. My older one just likes working, mowing yards and doing construction with his uncle, so I can't complain. He applies himself.

You know what the beauty is? The beauty is that these are from the same sperm and eggs and all the rest of that stuff, and here are two different kids, and that's wonderful. That is awesome that that's the case, and they can be who they want to be. And you guys, Kev, your dad, you say that. That kid does no wrong in your eyes. Love him. I mean, even not liking a Pistons game or whatever. But here's the thing. You love him to death, and he'll figure something out that he's going to be great at. And I think he already has.

And I think, like Shannon was saying, once you realize what it is, put away your selfish ambition and look at your child for who they are and love them for that. And they'll be exactly who they were created to be and not who you want them to be. Because who you want them to be might be a little a-hole.

Yeah, that's true. and don't make them, you know, you push them, you'll make them grow up to be that, yeah.

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Alan Lee, my major is drafting and design. In high school, I did it since my sophomore year, and I kind of wanted to continue it. It was the only thing I was good at. I didn't want to move to a four-year yet. I don't think I was mentally prepared. I found Bishop State. They had the program. I met a few people there. I ended up enrolling. The instructor, first day I met him, I told him about my background. He said, okay, great, you know about this. He built me straight to work. He didn't let me have any leeway. He pushed me to my limits. So I think that made me choose drafting design at Bishop State and stuck with it. But the sport's amazing. All my instructors just want to see me succeed. They want to push me to my limit. They want to see me be the best I can be, get a job, just be as successful as I can be. And I really appreciate all of them. With my degree, as of right now, my plan is to work for the city of Mobile with their urban planning department. And I've already got a job shadow before, and hopefully I will internship over the summer. If you choose Bishop, we're welcome to have you any day.

Ready to make your own Bishop Statement? Visit bishop.edu today and start building your tomorrow at Bishop State Community College.