Experts in the field agree — parents need to be benched.
San Francisco parent Luz Casquejo Johnston, 51, opted for a laid-back approach when it came to her son’s involvement in sports.
And so when he didn’t end up making his high-school baseball team, he was able to pivot to another sport — football — without feeling like he failed. Jason Sacks, president of Positive Coaching Alliance, a national nonprofit aimed at character-building in youth sports, tells parents it’s not their job to worry about winning or losing. Instead, he advises they be supportive — without hovering.
A hands-off approach helped Luz Casquejo Johnston’s teenage son pivot from baseball to football without feeling like a failure, she said.If a child sees that a parent is visibly displeased when a coach gives them feedback, it can make them feel like they’ve let the parent down.
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