Parent Your Best

Police were called to a fight between parents at a youth soccer tournament in Barrie, Ont., Saturday. The fight involved verbal and some physical confrontations between an estimated 30 people, including parents, at the Victoria Woods soccer field on Lillian Crescent, said Barrie police. The fight was a result of a call made during a [...]

There is a sad trend that is taking over youth sports: Overly-involved parents crossing the line and verbally abusing — and sometimes assaulting — umpires. We had just such a situation in our town on Saturday night. Following the Yankton Post 12 and Blair game at the Lewis & Clark Wooden Bat Classic at Riverside [...]

The Buffalo Grove Park District this week installed a half-dozen metal “adult behavior” signs that try to encourage parents — in friendly, thought-provoking terms — to get a little perspective. The permanent signs at Emmerich Park, 150 Raupp Boulevard, read in part: “Of the hundreds of thousands of children who have ever played youth sports [...]

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It isn’t just a rumor anymore, as evidenced by the videos popping up on Youtube featuring bad behavior by parents at youth sporting events. Many parents say they’re just trying to motivate their kids, but Burke Eilers, the director of counseling at Youth and Family Services says it sets a bad example… Click Here For [...]

(NECN) – The stories of lunatic moms and dads exhibiting frighteningly unsportsmanlike behavior on the sidelines seem to be endless – with an alarming number of the objectionable incidents taking place in New England. . From fisticuffs to verbal altercations – the insanity knows no bounds. Why do parents get like this when it comes [...]

At last…a resource for Sports Parents other than a book or a blog packed with tips, tools, and suggestions you can immediately use!                           Get ready for The Sports Parenting Report™ I am excited to announce that I have teamed up with  Janis [...]

There is a great saying that I use in the Parent Your Best Seminar that says ‘the example you set trumps the instructions you give’. This rings ever so true in the world of sports parenting as well as coaching.  Checkout the graph below taken as part of a survey of over one thousand high [...]

Wow did summer go by fast this year!   As the Fall Sports season is now here, be sure and have the following conversations with your child: What does your child want to achieve in their sport this fall?  Specifically focus on the results that they would like to get both individually and on their [...]

For those of you that have purchased a copy of Parent Your Best, we have now created the free online version of the Sports Parent Mindset Profile that is available in the book resources area (the link is provided in the book). If you haven’t already done so, you DEFINITELY should take it.  The information [...]