As a parent of 4, all in soccer (rec, HS, Premier) just wondering what it would take to make some people on this board happy?
I enjoy watching my kids play, I walk away from parents that are too much for me and when we leave the field we have fun talking about the game all the way home. Isn't this what we want?
It took some time for me to completely understand the "you coach your kids on being humans and I'll coach them on playing soccer" line of thinking, but now I love it. Similar to our education system, there are things I feel better left to parents to teach their children, I would rather my kids learn math from their teacher and kindness and grace from their mother and me.
I think if some of these individuals took a moment to exercise some self-reflection they might see that they are getting whipped into a frenzy for no reason and probably not helping their kids succeed, which in the end, is all we want. Our kids to be happy and successful.
It's a beautiful day, maybe make today the day you stop attacking other people, other clubs, and other coaches and concentrate on what matters to you and your family.
Maybe you want to be a completely crazy soccer parent. My guess is that 90%+ of us on here are just passionate about our kids and enjoy soccer and let things go farther than they should at times.
Anyway, not a rant on why I am better than anyone, I have been there too, I am just much happier now that I caught myself slipping and corrected it before I embarrass myself (more) or my kids.
I enjoy watching my kids play, I walk away from parents that are too much for me and when we leave the field we have fun talking about the game all the way home. Isn't this what we want?
It took some time for me to completely understand the "you coach your kids on being humans and I'll coach them on playing soccer" line of thinking, but now I love it. Similar to our education system, there are things I feel better left to parents to teach their children, I would rather my kids learn math from their teacher and kindness and grace from their mother and me.
I think if some of these individuals took a moment to exercise some self-reflection they might see that they are getting whipped into a frenzy for no reason and probably not helping their kids succeed, which in the end, is all we want. Our kids to be happy and successful.
It's a beautiful day, maybe make today the day you stop attacking other people, other clubs, and other coaches and concentrate on what matters to you and your family.
Maybe you want to be a completely crazy soccer parent. My guess is that 90%+ of us on here are just passionate about our kids and enjoy soccer and let things go farther than they should at times.
Anyway, not a rant on why I am better than anyone, I have been there too, I am just much happier now that I caught myself slipping and corrected it before I embarrass myself (more) or my kids.
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