Parent & Athlete Conversation
Conversation with your children about their youth sports experience is the single most important factor in their ability to take life lessons from sports. The following pages will explore three principles that Responsible Sports Parents apply to those conversations:
- A Mastery Approach
- Filling Emotional Tanks
- Honoring the Game.
Responsible Coaches also implement these principles. When you incorporate them into Responsible Sports Parenting, you are reinforcing the messages your children receive from their Responsible Coaches.
Although all three apply to talking with your children, we all know that we also must "walk the walk." For our guidance to be meaningful with our kids, they have to see us acting on our own advice.
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