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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of parents are afraid to do much if they aren't popular, [b]very knowledgeable in soccer, have a lot of time[/b] or don't have a strong player. In the baseball little league world everyone is a volunteer and it's easier to step up. In travel programs there is an expectation that it should be run completely as a business even if you are a volunteer. [/quote]

To be a parent volunteer for a team staff you need zero and I mean zero knowledge of soccer.  So, this excuse is 100% BS.  You're just being lazy.[/quote]
I work full time and don’t want to spend what little free time I have dealing with pita parents. I’d much rather pay someone else to do it even if it means paying more. It’s the same reason I don’t clean my own house, have my groceries delivered and have a landscaping service. [/quote]

The underlying issue you completely missed is this isn't a chore.  This is about your children.  You are so lazy you won't even be more involved with your children.  That's the sad part.  Do you hire someone to drop them off and pick them up too?  Do you hire someone to cheer for them during games as well?

Imagine a parent comparing being involved in their kid's sport's activity to cleaning the house or shopping for food.  WTF is wrong with you lazy people.  Feel sorry for your kid for having such a horrible parent.[/quote]
Oh get off your high horse. Kids club soccer is just another paid activity we buy for our kids. Like going to Disney. Does Disney ask me to volunteer and wash my own dishes? But it’s for the kids! [/quote]

So instead of actually being involved with your kids you third party them out.  Got it.  Don't make excuses.  Just admit and move on.[/quote]
You must be a lot of fun to be around for anybody working with your kids. Are you the "involved" parent telling teachers how to teach? I'll bet you were the "involved" parent standing next to their kid as they got their hair cut telling the person how to do their job.  Were you "involved" with setting up lots of playdates for your kids? 
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I don't helicopter parent, but I am involved and support my kids.  Unlike some parents who rather stare at their iPhone than watch their kids play their sport, etc.  Or, never help with team sports.

The fact that some of you get this upset is more of a reflection of you in the mirror.  If you think there is nothing wrong with what you're doing you wouldn't be posting so angry.  Please.  Get off YOUR HIGH HORSE and maybe particulate in your kid's life instead of just dropping them off and never being part of their youth.  You don't have to be there all the time, but those parents (like you) who act as if the parents who volunteer to help teams out are "over parenting" is a joke.  You should be thanking them on your knees because without the volunteer parents your kid wouldn't have any sport to play as youth.

It is what it is.  [/quote]

It is what it is. So profound. And you are what you are. A helicopter parent living their dreams out through their child’s youth soccer career. Look in the mirror as you’ve been advising others to do. You will see a loser. [/quote]

Sweetheart, I earn $400k a year.  Live in a 6000sqft house.  My kids are great athletes and do very well in school.  I played sports through college and at my old age I still run 5-6 10k races a year.  I don't need to live any dream through my kids.

What I do is help and support them.  It takes maybe 30-45 minutes A WEEK to be a team manager.  Yet, you are the one who is posting that your kid playing soccer is the same as taking them to Disney.  Parents like you who think money covers parenting are the issue.  Don't want to schedule your kids for 2-3 days of practice?  Fine just skip it.  Don't want to help a team out with 30 minutes a week of volunteer work?  Fine, but don't cry over it.

See, the difference is you're crying over it.  I'm not.  [/quote]

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