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Chapters 6&7 should be required reading for all parents of kids who play sports. As a parent, your behavior at your kid’s sporting events is incredibly impactful, positive or negative. You have to model the type of behavior you want out of your child. Also, the car ride home can, in many cases, be more important than the game/match. Use that as a chance to support your child, not overwhelm them.

“Don’t prop yourself up as the sage on the stage. Instead quietly guide from the side.”

“When pressure overtakes curiosity, fear sets in and the athlete eventually implodes. Either a: the subliminal pressure gets too great and he opts out altogether or b: the fear of disappointing the only true opinion that seems to matter, their parents’, becomes too much to bear and quitting feels safer than navigating the unknown”

“Have enough faith in them to let them fail”

“The voice that will resonate most deeply with them will be yours, for better or for worse”