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<blockquote data-quote="CatDaddy" data-source="post: 132047" data-attributes="member: 755">I really appreciate all the thoughtful replies to this thread.&nbsp; I truly wanted your input and it sounds like many of you see it similarly to me.I have to share a small but significant win that happened when I got home from work tonight.&nbsp; My boys met me at the door, all excited to show me a &quot;rare&quot; football card - autographed &quot;Artist Proof&quot; (#14 of 35).&nbsp; They quickly went on to say their friend forgot it at our house so we need to call him to make sure he gets it back.&nbsp; About 2 months ago, my boys had a similar football card stolen by a different friend they had over for a play date.&nbsp; I knew what had happened and told my wife she needed to call the kid's mom and have her talk to him.&nbsp; She balked at it because it was uncomfortable, but ultimately did it.&nbsp; End of the story is the kid showed up in tears in our driveway and returned the card.&nbsp; I told him I was proud of him and let him know that owning up is a huge step to being a man.&nbsp; He's one of my boys best friends to this day and they all learned a valuable lesson about friends and life.&nbsp; Today was proof that lesson was learned - it wasn't even a question in their minds that this rare card didn't belong to them and needed to go back to the kid who owned it.I'm so proud of my boys I can't stop smiling - and I made sure they knew it.Thanks again for the responses - they restored some faith for me that there is a small army who still gets it and are raising their kids to be great adults.&nbsp; God help us otherwise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CatDaddy, post: 132047, member: 755"] I really appreciate all the thoughtful replies to this thread. I truly wanted your input and it sounds like many of you see it similarly to me. I have to share a small but significant win that happened when I got home from work tonight. My boys met me at the door, all excited to show me a "rare" football card - autographed "Artist Proof" (#14 of 35). They quickly went on to say their friend forgot it at our house so we need to call him to make sure he gets it back. About 2 months ago, my boys had a similar football card stolen by a different friend they had over for a play date. I knew what had happened and told my wife she needed to call the kid's mom and have her talk to him. She balked at it because it was uncomfortable, but ultimately did it. End of the story is the kid showed up in tears in our driveway and returned the card. I told him I was proud of him and let him know that owning up is a huge step to being a man. He's one of my boys best friends to this day and they all learned a valuable lesson about friends and life. Today was proof that lesson was learned - it wasn't even a question in their minds that this rare card didn't belong to them and needed to go back to the kid who owned it. I'm so proud of my boys I can't stop smiling - and I made sure they knew it. Thanks again for the responses - they restored some faith for me that there is a small army who still gets it and are raising their kids to be great adults. God help us otherwise. [/QUOTE]

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