Tight pants dad: If you don’t influence your kids, someone else will

When his 15-year-old son walked downstairs on the 4th of
July, ready to go see “The Amazing Spider-Man,” Van Hicks
knew something was up with his outfit.

He was wearing a long jersey that covered just enough of
his son’s jeans that he couldn’t tell what exactly was
wrong with his pants.

‘Pull that jersey up!’ Van said, and as LJ did, he just
about lost it.

“I just happened to have my iPad, and I said, ‘I’m going
to take some pictures so you can see how silly you look
before leaving this house,'” Van told 97.3 KIRO FM’s Dori
Monson.

He snapped a few photos and then switched the camera
to take a video, which has gone viral on YouTube.

Don’t worry, LJ said he isn’t humiliated. In fact, now his
tight pants are a part of his trademark around the
family’s Miami neighborhood.

Van said they’re a happy family and he intends to keep
giving his son grief, whether it’s a YouTube video or just
around the house. Dori thanked Van and said it’s good that
there are
still parents exerting their influence over their kids.

“You have to,” Van said. “If you don’t, someone else
will.”