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You Might Be a Sports Parent Who Over Does It If You…. |
Do You?
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Embarass your family by aggressively confronting the coach
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Scream profanity or negative comments from the bleachers or worse |
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Criticize players in earshot of nearby spectators— especially their families |
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Call your kid a loser or derogatory labels like wimp, lazy, and worse |
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Keep replaying a post game analysis after your kid has moved on |
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Emphasize your negative feelings toward the game over any feelings your child has |
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Neglect to ask if your son/daughter had fun playing |
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Fail to encourage your child to evaluate his/her own performance |
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Have a higher commitment level to the sport than your child does |
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Pay sports fees in excess of your house or car payments |
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Ignore your other kids’ complaints that they never get to do anything else |
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Do not encourage your child to explore his/her additional interests |
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Force your child to sign up for next season when he/she is not interested |
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Over focus on your dream of athletic scholarships or professional careers for him/her |
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Lose sleep/ obsess over children’s sports ‘drama’ / neglect your own life |
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Pay more attention to your kid after he/she plays a great/better game |
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Encourage your kid to play dirty or be excessively competitive |
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Over focus on winning the game and your child as the star of the team |
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Spend more time at games than alone with your spouse as a couple |
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Talk about little else with your spouse and others |
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Do you have any signs of being a sports parent who overdoes it? What do your spouse and children think? If the answer is “yes’ and you want to change, use this list as a starting point. |
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MORE INFO LINKS: Posts- Pt1 5-05-08, Pt2 5-10-08; Quizzes- Goals for Children’s Sports © Copyright 2008 P.H. Pickett, Ph.D. All rights reserved. Reprint with permission. Contact DrCoachLove@Centurytel.net for permissions. |
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