Top Ten Ways to Know When You Are Too Wrapped Up in Your Child’s Sport
10. You want to be an official of your child’s sport because you think you can make better calls than the other referees.
9. You have your child practicing every night at home until after dark.
8. You start talking about your games when you were a kid during your child’s games.
7. You start name-calling players on other teams and make calls or noises when they’re trying to focus.
6. You start name-calling players on your child’s team or make calls or comments, hoping they’ll mess up and your child will get more playing time.
5. You coach your child’s team and let your kid play more than others because you think he or she is better than anyone else on the team.
4. You make your child cry before, during, or after a game by your actions or comments toward him or her.
3. Your child wants to quit playing and you want to keep coaching, telling him he’s a quitter or a loser.
2. You encourage your child to play with an injury or illness, telling her she’s a loser or weak if she doesn’t.
1. You threaten your child, a player, another parent, coach, or official with physical harm for any reason.
