When he's the entire reason they're brats in the first place. The first scene when he's acting put out cause his kids don't know about chutes and ladders. If they went this long without knowing about that game, that's not their fault. This movie's weird, man. Sandler is a bad writer
shareIt's a double-edged sword. My kids haven't done as much physically as I did when I was growing up, but they also don't have the scars, broken bones, aching joints that I do.
My son isn't nearly as good at baseball and other sports as I was, but he's miles ahead of where I was in school. Is part of that because he spends more time on the computer or reading than I did? Yes. Am I happy about it? Sometimes. Sometimes not.
My friends all thought I'd be all over my son's butt about being a jock, but I don't have it in me. I will ask him about shooting hoops or such, but I'm not going to yell at him if he'd rather read a book or such.
Yes, Sandler should have been doing more with his kids, but it is easy to get caught up in your own life and making a living.
I'm glad that he figured it out eventually and became more involved. It's why I think a lot of people who didn't like this film were too young to get it.
I'd imagine its not as easy as it sounds to bring up a kid on 1970s experiences.