It's Tuesday, and this is the Ramsey Call of the Day.

Part of the Ramsey Network.

Today's question comes from Scott in Detroit.

My oldest son doesn't want to play high school football anymore, and I feel like I've been punched in the gut.

How do I get over being disappointed about this?

This is a real question.

That's a real question.

You got punched in the gut because your son says he doesn't want to get punched in the gut?

I mean, you're the expert on this.

I'm asking you.

So take football out.

I think your son has the right to choose what sports and what activities he

desires to do.

It's not your son's job to live your dreams or the dreams you didn't accomplish.

And it sounds like the father is upset that, you know, his son is not playing a sport

that he really wanted to play.

And so it's bad for us to push our dreams onto our children when they're not there.

We have a society of parents living vicariously through their children.

Right.

I want them to get grades so I can go tell some point.

I want to play soccer so that I can tell my kids

that my kid got a soccer scholarship.

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