If you’re gunna bring your kid to the skate park teach them some dang manners first
Summary
A skater has strong opinions about parents who treat skate parks like regular playgrounds. The problem? Kids wandering onto obstacles with zero awareness while their parents ignore basic etiquette. When you bring your child to a skate park or basketball court, give them "a little pet talk" first. Let them know people are moving fast. Teach them not to stand on ramps. And if Tony Hawk shows up? You don't approach. You don't ask questions. You wait until he makes eye contact and signals he's just chilling. Kareem gets quizzed on the rules. He passes. But did viewers at home?
Full Transcript
So what's your take? When you bring your kids to the park, give a little pet talk. When you bring your kids to the park, skateboard parks, basketball courts are not the same as these little playgrounds meant for kids. If you bring your kid in here, let them know: "Hey, you're going to run into some wheels. There's people moving fast. There's obstacles that you may not want to stand on 'cause there are people really trying to use that." So if you're going to bring your kid to a skate park, let them know the lay of the land. Don't just throw them to the lions. Have me talking to them for you, like: "Hey, y'little man, do you think you're ready for that?" My kid going to get a f-talk. There's an etiquette to this thing. Might run into Tony Hawk. And if Tony Hawk is in there, how do we treat Tony Hawk? We respectfully. Do we approach Tony Hawk? No. No. Do we ask Tony Hawk questions? No. Do we let Tony Hawk skate until he is openly making eye contact with us to be like, "Oh, I'm just chilling"?
Did I pass the test? Pass? Hell yeah. Did you guys at home pass the test? How many did you get right? Put them in the comments.