Glennon

And in every system like that, whether it's, you know, Hollywood or writing or sports, the way the system continues is they hold up a few examples of, Exceptional people that made it. Abby and I talked about this last night, how she has some guilt about being this. It's a carrot. Okay. So the Oscars.

Okay. Yeah. The lottery runs because we all know about the winners of the lottery who got so rich. So 0.0001% will become the lottery winner, will become Abby, will be on the Oscars. But that culture holds that up as possible. And so all the parents who are, bless their hearts, in a hunger game situation, we can look at all of this as judgmental and how can you be that way? But

Okay. Yeah. The lottery runs because we all know about the winners of the lottery who got so rich. So 0.0001% will become the lottery winner, will become Abby, will be on the Oscars. But that culture holds that up as possible. And so all the parents who are, bless their hearts, in a hunger game situation, we can look at all of this as judgmental and how can you be that way? But

Okay. Yeah. The lottery runs because we all know about the winners of the lottery who got so rich. So 0.0001% will become the lottery winner, will become Abby, will be on the Oscars. But that culture holds that up as possible. And so all the parents who are, bless their hearts, in a hunger game situation, we can look at all of this as judgmental and how can you be that way? But

one way to look at it is these parents have brought their kids into the capitalism hunger games and everyone is looking because of our commitment to not taking care of the social fabric, but every man is on his own. Every family feels like a startup. That's like trying to survive. It's not just that their kids are our bosses. It's that we are on our own.

one way to look at it is these parents have brought their kids into the capitalism hunger games and everyone is looking because of our commitment to not taking care of the social fabric, but every man is on his own. Every family feels like a startup. That's like trying to survive. It's not just that their kids are our bosses. It's that we are on our own.

one way to look at it is these parents have brought their kids into the capitalism hunger games and everyone is looking because of our commitment to not taking care of the social fabric, but every man is on his own. Every family feels like a startup. That's like trying to survive. It's not just that their kids are our bosses. It's that we are on our own.

We are fricking little startups trying to make it.

We are fricking little startups trying to make it.

We are fricking little startups trying to make it.

It could be seen, although it gets totally convoluted and horrific, as an act of empowering our kids to make it in one way or another.

It could be seen, although it gets totally convoluted and horrific, as an act of empowering our kids to make it in one way or another.

It could be seen, although it gets totally convoluted and horrific, as an act of empowering our kids to make it in one way or another.

Right. Not just on the field, going through the D1 process. I mean, one of the things we just try to do is just at least talk to our kid about what she's in. Like all the time saying, look at what's happening. It would be hilarious to think that the kids who are making it are the most talented kids in the country. That is hilarious.

Right. Not just on the field, going through the D1 process. I mean, one of the things we just try to do is just at least talk to our kid about what she's in. Like all the time saying, look at what's happening. It would be hilarious to think that the kids who are making it are the most talented kids in the country. That is hilarious.

Right. Not just on the field, going through the D1 process. I mean, one of the things we just try to do is just at least talk to our kid about what she's in. Like all the time saying, look at what's happening. It would be hilarious to think that the kids who are making it are the most talented kids in the country. That is hilarious.

The kids who are making it are the kids whose parents have enough money to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on all of these trips and all of these, you know, and have the kind of job where they can be done at 4.30 and sit in a freaking parking lot from 6 until 10 o'clock. I mean, there is no meritocracy in sports in any way.

The kids who are making it are the kids whose parents have enough money to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on all of these trips and all of these, you know, and have the kind of job where they can be done at 4.30 and sit in a freaking parking lot from 6 until 10 o'clock. I mean, there is no meritocracy in sports in any way.

The kids who are making it are the kids whose parents have enough money to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on all of these trips and all of these, you know, and have the kind of job where they can be done at 4.30 and sit in a freaking parking lot from 6 until 10 o'clock. I mean, there is no meritocracy in sports in any way.

And so the one thing we can do is repeatedly point to the water the kids are swimming in. Mm-hmm. So that they can see the system.