I Want My Son to Play a Sport and Win
I received the following email from a parent: “My son is getting older and I would like to enroll him in a sport this summer. I have heard horror stories about parents pushing their kids to win, so how do I encourage him to do his best and want to win without making him feel pressured?” First of all I want to acknowledge this mom as an awesome parent for wanting to get your son involved with a sports activity. Both the physical activity and his experience with a team will contribute greatly to his development. But most importantly, it will keep him off of the video screen and out of his room for a good portion of the time over the summer. A crucial part of keeping this boy motivated to continue with an activity requires this mom to control and limit the things that would keep her son from wanting to participate in a sport; such as his video games and computer. I encourage her to put a limitation of time on these time-wasting distractions and definitely keep them out o