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Sideline Parents: Have Backs of Each Other, Every Child

April 26, 2023 by Tobin Walsh

Making friends with your fellow sideline parents doesn’t matter until it does – when on-field tragedy strikes a youth soccer player.

Filed Under: National, relationships, sports Tagged With: fears, friendship, hospitals, soccer, sports parents, youth sports

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Injury Rehab Casts Doubt About Important Family Priorities

September 1, 2021 by Tobin Walsh

My patience with his slow recovery from this injury is waning. My sympathy is quickly turning into disappointment at his lack of grit.

Filed Under: National, relationships, sports Tagged With: growing up, hospitals, motivation, soccer, sports parents, teens / tweens

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Parent-Athlete Sideline Coaching Requires ‘Skills,’ Buckets of Diet Soda

March 25, 2019 by Shannon Carpenter

I’m an expert in every sport. Which is really great because I have to tell my kid what to do when the ball does something.

Filed Under: relationships, sports Tagged With: behavior, coaching, humor, sports parents, youth sports

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Be a Better Sports Parent to Your Children, Team, Coach

October 1, 2018 by Jason Greene

Coaches and parents have a partnership but sometimes moms and dads forget the role they play in making it a successful one.

Filed Under: National, parenting advice, sports Tagged With: behavior, coaching, discipline, emotions, sports parents, sportsmanship, tips, youth sports

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Basketball Court of Opinion: The Game is Only Part of It

March 14, 2018 by Whit Honea

Basketball is a great game, and somewhere between the wins, losses and madness of March, there are lessons to be learned by players, parents and refs alike. Here is Whit Honea learning his.

Filed Under: sports Tagged With: anger, basketball, behavior, sports parents, sportsmanship, youth sports

Cheering in Youth Sports Should be About Do’s, Not Don’ts

October 25, 2017 by Tobin Walsh

Leagues have their hearts in the right place to demand decorum from spectators, but I haven’t seen the “don’t” rules work.

Filed Under: parenting advice, sports Tagged With: sports parents, sportsmanship, youth sports

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