The Mitchell Report

The Warren Commission of our time. How will it remembered? Who can say now? But it has undeniably created a stir. I have written how I have already had to have a talk with my boys about steriods and HGH because of Barry Bonds. I recently read Game of Shadows. I finished it about 2 days after the Mitchell Report came out. Good timing on my part. It was very illuminating. It helped set the stage to this great unveiling. Fortunately, I did not have to explain to the boys about any prominent Red Sox players being in the report (of course those fake emails that went around hours before the report was made public included Varitek, which would have been a hard pill to swallow. But I kept the faith and was rewarded. Of course I had to explain the FSU scandal to my boys, which was not fun. Worse than when Rodney Harrison got busted for HGH.). While the adult talk turned to Clemons, Bonds, and the players on the list, the kids and I still had to talk about what it all meant. As it should be. This is one of the those news items that provides a parent with a golden opportunity to talk to their kids. Another example would be Jamie Lynn Spears. Or still Brittany, for that matter. Talk about a mother in need of a parenting handbook.....As parents we need to know that our kids are pretty savvy. They hear about the big stories in the news, whether it is by overhearing it on TV or from older children on the bus. How you choose to address it, is up to you. Seize the opportunity. Luckily, the upcoming playoffs show provide plenty of opportunity to Caz, and probably Coco, about "sexual activity" courtesy of all the Viagra and Cialis commercials. I try to flip in time but I don't always time the remote right and Caz will catch snippets of the advertisement promotional language. Apparently, he knows enought to laugh and then look around for reaction. So it may be time for a short talk or at least let him ask questions. It doesn't have to be too detailed but, I guess I need to see what he knows.