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In this—the final episode of Season One—Dr. Sara and Dr. John talk about how youth sports can be the royal road to emotional problems for parents. Highlights include: (a) a discussion of how easy and natural it is for parents to get overemotional about their child’s athletic performance; (b) ideas for emotional preparation; (c) the sorts of bad advice parents can yell from the sideline (but shouldn’t!); and (d) insights from Coach Collin Fehr, who, with his newly minted doctorate, shares the “best thing” for parents to remember. Other highlights (in this episode the highlights just keep on coming): Dr. Sara asks: “Are we a couple of liberal pansies?” and John shares his all-time favorite sports dream. Being the good sport that she is, the show ends with Dr. Sara claiming victory and referring to herself as the “winner” and to John as “the loser.” To learn more about John’s response to this trash talk, you’ll have to tune back in for Season Two, which starts in September, 2017.
This podcast is brought to you by the Charles Engelhard Foundation, and the National Parenting Education Network.
Resources in this Episode:
EducatedSportsParent.com
Matheny Manifesto
By: Mike Matheny
Date Published
5-29-2017
Language
eng
Run Time
23 minutes, 7 seconds
Digital File Format
audio/mp3
Document Type
Podcast
Rights
© 2017 Practically Perfect Parenting Podcast. All Rights Reserved. Duplication Without Authorization Prohibited.
Recommended Citation
Sommers-Flanagan, John and Polanchek, Sara, "Why Youth Sports Makes Parents Crazy" (2017). Practically Perfect Parenting Podcast. 11.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/practicallyperfectparenting_podcast/11