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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m more surprised at the number of parents who show up and don’t watch any of the games or practices. At the most recent game, woman’s son made a great play and she had no idea because she was talking about random stuff with another parent. [/quote]

Again, read the books / articles on this…because that’s actually what the kids prefer.

Also, sometimes as part of carpool I might stick around for practice because it was more efficient vs dropping off and returning home just to turn around again…but I don’t give a rats a** about the practice.  I knew my kid was getting good instruction…why do I need to pay attention to a practice?[/quote]

LOL.  You’re latching onto an argument that coincides with your desired outcome and holding on for dear life.  13 year olds also prefer to not attend class, do no homework, eat junk food and be on electronics all day. Are you taking your 13 year old’s lead on those topics?  Are you following those articles.

There is a vein of truth that those kids are touching on in terms of parent behavior, so I don’t want to dismiss you out of hand here.  And, as kids age I agree with matheny that parents should fade from practice.

Additionally, the nature of youth is such that you don’t grasp temporally the meaning of parent sacrifice of time and effort. By my senior year in high school I started to understand what it meant that my parents were always in the stands for all games.  Especially as you notice a lifetime of teammates looking for their parents that never showed up. It wasn’t until I had my own family and career that I fully appreciated what my parents were doing. [/quote]

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