Which sport do you think breeds the most obnoxious parents and why?
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Anonymous
| I am just curious. My son is playing a sport this year that he has never played so its new for us...but I have never seen parents that are so full of themselves,think their kids are greatest, in my life. All the moms are dressed (not all to be fair) extremely well but not necessarily what one thinks of when dressing for a game. The dads all appear to be connected financial types with big egos. I don't want to bash the sport as he is having a ball, and we are so happy to see him having fun but it did get me thinking. My D played tennis so my exposure to competitive sports was limited. |
Anonymous
| OP, if you will not name the sport, why do you expect others to do otherwise? And the answer is related to at what age a person peaks at the sport. Girls' gymnastics has an early peak age, which means parents are heavily involved becuase the participants are so young. |
Anonymous
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Figure skating.
In figure skating (as far as I can tell), the kids get 1:1 coaching for a few lessons/week and then are basically practicing on their own. For the younger ones, that means the parents are sitting there at every practice doing the coaching/nagging/whatever. Very, very bad dynamic. At least in gymnastics the kids do their training with coaches. |
Anonymous
| Welcome to lax |
Anonymous
| Depends on the culture of the club...we just switched clubs for my son's travel sport. Old club--parents are complete political douchebag nightmares; new club--set the expectation right off the bat that they don't tolerate assholes and the parents there are much much nicer. |
Anonymous
| Lacrosse. Just say it, OP |
Anonymous
| Lacrosse for sure. |
Anonymous
| Welcome to the world of lacrosse. We somehow landed on a nice team - but listening to the conversations on the sidelines really is tiring. |
Anonymous
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Don't have lacrosse players BUT what is the deal? I keep hearing this over and over - can someone please enlighten me? We moved from Chicago last year so the lacrosse world is a new one to me but I'm intrigued because I hear so much about it the parents and the kids!
Yet it's also touted as the fastest growing sport? My 2 sons play golf competitively so it's a very different dynamic than a team. |
Anonymous
Who gives a shit if she won't name the sport- she's asking what other people think pay attention! |
Anonymous
Hahaha I thought the same thing. |
Anonymous
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NP here. Let's get to they 'why'. This is sociologically interesting.
In which doucheville did lax first start to get big? Long Island? New Jersey? |
Anonymous
| It's gotta be lacrosse. I grew up in Baltimore where lax is king, even more so in the private school world there than in DC. You can spot the lax moms from a mile away. |
Anonymous
New England. Ct |
Anonymous
| Obviously it's lacrosse. |