Goals SportsParents Should Have Raising a Great Team Player

by Stephen Walker, PhD and Alec Baker, PsyD

“The most important reason that kids play sports is because it’s fun.  When it stops being fun, they’ll stop wanting to play, and they’ll stop learning.” – Harry Sheehy

Parents have a huge impact on the quality of their sports kid’s experience.  This article is designed to make the point – there is more to life than sports, and, there is more to sports than sports.  There is no substitute for your child knowing that he or she is your champion, that whatever they do, however they perform, you LOVE THEM unconditionally.  They WANT to please you, but the more they concentrate on YOU, the less they learn about themselves and the lessons that sport can give them.