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Parent Pressure In Sports

Having your son play football or your daughter on the basketball team is something to be very proud about, but you should always make sure to never make your kids feel pressured about their sports.

Although many dads love seeing their sons scoring the winning touchdown every game, this is not very common and it is very unreasonable for any father to expect this from his son. The same goes with girls expectations in sports, because even at full potential, nobody is completely perfect.

Parent pressures in sports is something that parents see other parents doing, but never notice they are doing it themselves. There have actually been studies about parent pressure in sports, and the majority of kids felt that they were pressured more about their sports than their schoolwork by their parents.

Although having your child as the star pitcher on the baseball team is very rewarding, it means nothing if your child cannot even graduate high school.

Around twenty percent of students in sports say that they experience negative parent pressure in sports, and this actually causes many children to feel discomfort and no longer want to participate in that sport.

Because coaches are not responsible for dealing with your childs emotional life, it is important that you do. By causing your child to suppress their emotions because of pressure to succeed, your childs success will actually take a turn and can result in an end to their sports career.

Being a parent means that you are supposed to be there for your child, to celebrate or even to mope. You need to make sure that your child will be ready for the real world, emotionally, mentally, and physically. Loosing a soccer game is not the end of the world, and no parent should ever make his or her child feel that way.

Because sports alone come with very physical and mental demands, it is important for parents to make sure that children are not overly stressed and that they have confidence in themselves. By keeping your child confident and free of the fear to fail, they will be able to perform at their best and make you proud.

There are many fears that children experience when involved in sports, and most of them actually relate directly back to the parents. Being scared off loss of acceptance is nothing any children should feel from their parents, since parents should always accept their children for who they also.

Potential embarrassment can also scare kids, but they should not be embarrassed of loosing in sports. One team wins and one team looses, so someone is going to have to lose every once in a while. Being judged can be fearful, but young children should not have to worry about this. A parent should never judge a child, since they are just learning how to be themselves. These fears, along with many others, are keeping children from participating in sports to have fun.

Parent pressure in sports is hard to detect, but can greatly affect a young mind. By making sports fun and not expecting anything, children can grow up with confidence and the goal to always try again.

Author: Matt Garrett 2007 http://www.PositiveParentingHandbook.com

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