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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child plays on a sports team with another teenager. Fairly high level for this area. The kids love their sport and practice a lot on their own outside of regular practice. There is one kid who seems to be being pushed very hard by their parents. Like telling the kid not to mess up at games, yelling at them when they make mistakes. This is a good kid who is very good at their sport. Is this just what it takes to go D1, or is this abusive? No one has said anything to either the kid or the parents to my knowledge, but it's getting harder to witness and stay out of. I feel like someone needs to stick up for this kid before they breakdown. [/quote]

If the kid breaks down they are too soft to survive.  Our family actually cares about achievement.  We don’t let our kids play sports they don’t have the ability to go D1 in. They have to show the ability by age 7 or they don’t play anymore.  We have one in swimming and one in baseball.  Both are also in academic tutoring.

Do we shame our children for messing up or not winning?  Of course we do.  It teaches them resilience.  My son had a game with a double, a ground out and two strikeouts.  I told him I was ashamed to be his father and that I would never speak to him if he ever played like that again.  He hit for the cycle the next game.

If he doesn’t get a D1 scholarship, he knows he will never see us again.

Greatness is made through toughness and sacrifice.  [/quote]

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