When someone elses kid is better!

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Why do soccer moms become so insecure and jealous when another player out performs or gets more attention then their child?

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Its a chick thing. Ever see the Lifetime movie about the cheerleader mom who had her daughter's cheering rival killed or Dance Moms? They make the soccer moms look tame.

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Its a chick thing. Ever see the Lifetime movie about the cheerleader mom who had her daughter's cheering rival killed or Dance Moms? They make the soccer moms look tame.

New to this club and its sickening. If your child is good they'll find away to make them look bad.

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Funny when a parent tells their child to play like the best player on the team.

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I'd suggest keeping your child focused on their progress and be supportive even to those who might be better. The "better" player might not be "better" 1,2,3 years from now and could even get a soccer ending injury. There is nothing wrong in acknowledging when one doing good as long as your child is giving all they can. Sometimes kids are changing and their time will come.

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I'd suggest keeping your child focused on their progress and be supportive even to those who might be better. The "better" player might not be "better" 1,2,3 years from now and could even get a soccer ending injury. There is nothing wrong in acknowledging when one doing good as long as your child is giving all they can. Sometimes kids are changing and their time will come.

I agree 100%! Unfortunately parents, mainly the moms, do the opposite. They spend more time finding ways to make the talented kid feel uncomfortable and unwelcomed in hopes that the parents leave and go to another club.

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I agree 100%! Unfortunately parents, mainly the moms, do the opposite. They spend more time finding ways to make the talented kid feel uncomfortable and unwelcomed in hopes that the parents leave and go to another club.

I encountered this problem but in the reverse, my son upon joining a team was better than the top player on the team. The parents of the former top player took it poorly and to this day behave as if we smell bad. What suprised me was that the boys have become good friends and enjoy competing against each other. Sometimes we can probably gain a little perspective from our childrens behavior.

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Jealousy is ruining Youth sports. This is happening on our team now. A group of Moms ganging up on one kid. Turning their own kids against this one player. Constantly selling their own. Sickening.

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I'd suggest keeping your child focused on their progress and be supportive even to those who might be better. The "better" player might not be "better" 1,2,3 years from now and could even get a soccer ending injury. There is nothing wrong in acknowledging when one doing good as long as your child is giving all they can. Sometimes kids are changing and their time will come.

Completely agree. Way to many games beyond youth soccer being played by both moms and dads. Insecurity, pride greed motivates poor behavior.

Most of it I don't care about but definetly seen parents manipulate to boost up their kids and undercut others and attempt to mess with little kids confidence. It's a shame, there are good situations out there you just have to find them for your kid.

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Jealousy is ruining Youth sports. This is happening on our team now. A group of Moms ganging up on one kid. Turning their own kids against this one player. Constantly selling their own. Sickening.

This is a middle school age thing. Once the kids hit HS this pretty much stops or the team disintegrates because the kids don't want to be with each other. These parents get theirs in the end because they usually poison the water so bad soccer ends up being not fun so their kid ends up quitting or not putting their all into it and being cut. The worse one's kids seldom make it beyond U14.

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I've watched the team Mom get players who play her kid's position cut, and get our kid moved to another position.

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Any coach who would fall for that is just an idiot. Team managers should have no input whatsoever in coaching decisions. If your TM is running the show leave.

Regarding the jealousy issues it is rampant and its more the backstabbing that goes on particularly with girls teams and their moms comparing playing time and doing everything possible to make sure the new or better player is painted in the worst possible light. Daughter joined a team in winter. There is one girl -- mom is as described above -- who has been told by her mom numerous times not to pass to my daughter. It has been going on for months.

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I've watched the team Mom get players who play her kid's position cut, and get our kid moved to another position.

How old are you? You must be joking. You deserve what you get if you let that happen to you. Hopefully your kid will learn to stick up for themselves because their parents are doormats. Good lord!

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I've watched the team Mom get players who play her kid's position cut, and get our kid moved to another position.

This stuff happens all the time. The problem the people who put in the effort to manipulate the system also put in the effort to win the hearts and minds. It's little kids playing a game. Unfortunately too much money ccorrupts many clubs and too many parents are way too involved.