NYT article on why sports parents behave badly
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Very interesting NYT article about why sports parents behave so badly. The conclusion - they are overinvested emotionally (and sometimes financially) and many use the sports to build a community for themselves and feel disappointed when there are changes to said community (kid doesn’t make team, team doesn’t make tournament, etc). My kids participate in rec sports only. Sometimes I have wondered if they could have progressed more or achieved higher proficiency if we had encouraged them to push themselves a bit but I’m pretty confident we have all made the choices that were right for us. Anyway I thought it was an interesting read. I never considered the community aspect before. I had always thought it was mainly achievement oriented.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/well/family/why-sports-parents-sometimes-behave-so-badly.html?action=click&module=Discovery&pgtype=Homepage |
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