Jan Silva's Dad Has His Say

I got this email from Lawson Silva, the father of 5 year old tennis phenom Jan Silva.  He took issue with my comments about his son in a post I wrote last month.  This is what he had to say:

"Interesting thoughts that you made in your article.  As one of the Parents of Jan Silva I am touched by the outpouring and expert opinions of great child psychologists like yourself.  I actually spoke with a couple of world renowned sports and child psychologists about what we are doing with OUR CHILDREN and with OUR LIVES and I am not sure that comparing us to a couple of alchoholics and Drug addicts is absolutely fair?  I dont know what kid your talking about in your article but Jan has never trained for 5 hours any day of his life.  Our 11 year old barely spends 2.5 on the court and you think we let Jan at 5 go 5 hours a day.  It just goes to show that any a**hole with a mouth and fingers can say and write anything they want about whomever they want with no accountability whatsoever.  Whatever happened to the American Dream and having goals to work for?  I guess America isn't all it's cracked up to be??? Viva La France!"

You can read my original article here and draw your own conclusions.