I don't think I can ban my son from wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey

SmackDaddy could not be more correct on this one. The fact that you let your wife bring a Dallas Cowboys jersey into your house suggests you don't have much control of your household. Correct yourself before you wreck yourself. If my wife brought an Ohio State Buckeye jersey near my property line, I'd go nuts and my kids sure as hell wouldn't get a sniff of the jersey. Today was sports day at my son's school. I made damn sure he was well outfitted with his Chad Henne #7 jersey, Wolverine nylon pants, and Wolverine nylon jacket. Fortunately, because I raised him right, he didn't even think there was any other option. Last night, we watched the first period of the Red Wings game, even though it was past his bed time. These traditions need to be engrained at a young age, forcibly if necessary.

You try to force your son to root for the Pack because you've been a Favre devotee since you were 10?

There is no surer way to guarantee he takes up synchronized swimming, starts wearing overall shorts and prefers to shoot free throws under-handed.

Yin and yang. Push and pull. Act and react.

Don't let him anywhere near the Cheesehead no matter how much he asks. That's Daddy's gear. Next thing you know he'll be taking you to Lambeau.

Yeah, its easy to talk big, but I tell you its a serious problem if your wife is undermining your ability to brainwash your kids on sports. For our fantasy draft last year, I had our 1 year old decked out head to toe in Philadelphia Eagles garb his great aunt mailed in straight from Broad Street. I go out to get beer, and come back and he is suddenly dressed up in a Frank Gore jersey and red sweatpants. I nearly crapped my pants. I tried to get him changed back but it was like trying to push a boulder up a hill. He was dressed as an Eagles last year, its our local team, , etc, etc. This sort of thing can be a serious problem without an obvious solution.

Trigg ... you can and must ban the dirty laundry by any means necessary. Sponge Bob privileges gone, oreo cookies and milk gone, send him to the naughty chair ... do it and do it often. Reckless and random support is dangerous, it could lead to a life of unfilled promises and empty victories. The boy needs you now more than ever to sternly set a course correction in reality. You root for your roots ... meaningful relationships grow from sharing mutual experiences and passing down time enriched memories. Like when Brett Farve won the Super Bowl and the one where you drank too much Leinenkugel and puked Usinger's sausages out of your nose when he threw is 288th incerception.
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/03/07/brett-favres-interceptions-a-video-tribute/

Riddle me this one ... Michigan and Texas play in the Rose Bowl, your wife a graduate from UT and you being a life long Michigan honk, you watch in horror Vince Young shred and score the game winning touchdown ... as your picking your jaw off the floor and trying to put the pieces of your life back together your 3 yr old daughter gets in your grill and drops a "Hook'em Horns" on you. What do you do?

We switched btwn geographies growing up, but there was never any question I could be anything other than a 4th generation Cub fan, and that doesn't bother me, but part of me wants my kids to be able to root for the home team and a winner. Do I want my kids never to see their favorite team go to the Series, let alone win it? My dad is 65; the Cubs were last in the Series when he was 3. My grandfather got to catch BP for the Cubs at Wrigley, but never saw them win it all. I'd love for my kids to view Wrigley as mecca, but I've got to give them the choice. Don't worry, I'll poison them with plenty of stories, but I'll let them choose. Spaulding makes a great point; it's likely to blow up in your face anyway.

You stay loyal to your teams and you encourage your kids to do the same. I very much admire the Wolverine family that sent their young son to school in Ohio many years ago, dressed appropriately on the day before the big game.

Come on Trigg. Get some control. There is no way Marlee would be caught dead in anything but Packer stuff. This Smackdown shouldn't be close. Well done SmackDaddy.

My son only owns LAKERS gear, baby!. We had to throw away his cowboy outfit from haloween because it reminded me too much of the spurs..... who are going down in 4 by the way

It's simple. He's wearing Cowboys gear because he wants to hang out with the cool kids.

My son could come home a declare he is gay; but GOD forbid a Stanford or Cowboys jersey.

Are there no principles in this world?