tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post4737091309595957639..comments2023-10-12T10:10:26.191-05:00Comments on Second Effort: Setting a bad example: Parents melting down at kids' sporting eventsThe Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-53453437226358121222007-09-21T18:29:00.000-05:002007-09-21T18:29:00.000-05:00Ya think? Ah sports...Ya think? Ah sports...rdlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062856086277201874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-8305444224392913792007-09-20T14:10:00.000-05:002007-09-20T14:10:00.000-05:00I don't know...I found that while fewer parents ar...I don't know...I found that while fewer parents are problems in high school sports...the ones that are still over the top hotheads are much worse. Threatening even.<BR/><BR/>My football parenting experience is threefold. As the Mama of a cheerleader... a well loved center who was captain ...and a star soccer player who played kicker senior year.<BR/><BR/>All three had great experiences..except for the threats and other nastiness when parents (on our team and others) when they found out the kicker was a girl.<BR/><BR/>I'm not so sure making life difficult for the kid of the obnoxious parent is what I would want to see happen. I know of one family where the football player is a great kid...and the Dad is a horrible man...and shows it at every game.<BR/><BR/>My personal experience is that it doesn't ease up from the parents until college. At that point the parents are outnumbered in the stands...and a lot of the time the parents don't live in town.katherine.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06000676644051958330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-60690626233220648842007-09-20T10:39:00.000-05:002007-09-20T10:39:00.000-05:00why do you suppose parents behave that way and wha...why do you suppose parents behave that way and what are they teaching their children when doing so? sigh... sports again, right?<BR/><BR/>smiles, bee<BR/><BR/>tyvcEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.com