Sports Parenting

Just when I think I got this parenting thing figured out.  Just when I think I haven’t missed anything.  Just when I think I know all the strengths and weaknesses of my children I realize how much more there is to learn.   It has actually been through my children participating …

“Mom, there is wrestling sign ups tomorrow.  Can girls wrestle mom?”, my daughter asked. “Umm technically they can wrestle”, said my wife with a vague nervous tone (you could tell my wife didn’t want to necessarily encourage the idea). My daughter then turns to me and asks, “Dad can I …

In my last article I wrote about keeping promises. More importantly keeping promises to your children.  To be honest I can say that I let my kids down with some broken promises.  Though I knew it was important to me as a child to have my parents keep their promises, …

On a windy, cold and rainy Saturday my kids had their first soccer game.  I was indifferent as to what would happen during the game.  In other words I really didn’t care whether my kids won or lost.  I was much more interested in how my kids dealt with the game, competition, …

Parents are in the news several times a year for becoming too involved with their child when it comes to their child’s sporting events.  If your child is involved in sports you have probably watched an overzealous parent yelling at someone.  My parents weren’t one of those types of parents.  If they …