Parents are bad, but my view is the problem is sports forcing kids into so much time commitment so early. Our 9 year old has soccer practice 4 days a week and games on weekends, 7-8 months a year. No room for tennis lesson or any other sport. The only way to free up time is to backup into “Rec”. Sad that competitive sports require so much time at such a young age.
I was an artsy fartsy parent, so when my son joined a sport, I was like, "great." When he wanted to quit the sport, I was like, "great." The first time he didn't want to go to a craft store with me, I was like, "what's wrong with you?"
When I was a kid in the 60’s, parents pretty much stayed out of kids sports. I would go watch my friends play softball, or football, or whatever. Not only did parents not get all crazed about it, but they very rarely even showed up to watch. Just sometimes. 🤷♀️. Our son played travel hockey. And boy. How things have changed. They parents now are INSANE. The majority of them really thought their kid was going to the NHL, well, with the PROPER coaching (whom they felt free to impart their wisdom to, most of the time immediately after the game), and zillions of hours of privates, practices, etc. I’m like, they’re 8. 🤦♀️
So funny. So true. My son did futsal at 4. First game he got his head stuck in the net and kept putting the ball up his shirt and pretending to give birth. He then wanted to start highland dancing like his sister. He danced out the door and danced all around the building and danced back inside and the teacher said it wasnt going to work. Now at 17 hes a great mountain biker. Freedom was what he needed!
Hockey parents are terrible too.. One parent at my game when I was 9 broke the glass after the referee missed a call. What makes it worse is the entire fucking rink screaming "HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" All at once in the most "karen" voice you can think
Love it! Let’s remember too the “my kid is so special s/he will earn college scholarships for playing this sport” - the carrot dangled in front of parents by club and school coaches and the special coaches, camps, classes, elite equipment and trainers all making the parents into suckers. Then the kid goes to college and because s/he was awarded scholarships, the university and coaches act like they own her/him as some type of indentured servant who must eat, sleep, live that sport, with another carrot dangled of becoming a professional athlete or shattered dreams the kid isn’t good enough for that, until the kid is burned out, fails classes (in which education was supposed to be the main goal) because too much time was spent dictated by the sport and none left for studying, quits the team, loses sports scholarship and drops out of university because of low grades, feeling like a failure and now a lack of funds to pay for classes - or puts nose to the grindstone and commits to finishing school, resenting the formerly beloved childhood sport forever. Whew! Yay, sports are fun! 🙄
I know of parents who chased that dangling carrot. I don't think their son went past high school in his sport (we were told scouters came to watch him play). He went to a local 4 year college and dropped out after about a semester. College wasnt for him.
Spent years as a successful soccer coach. Thought I'd coach a team now. After seeing this and other videos, reading the comments, and listening to a few parents, I decided those days are over, even though the town really needs more coaches! Life is too short to have to deal with parents who want to direct the coach instead of taking on a coaching job themselves! Yes, my kids were in many sports and, no, I did NOT tell the coach how to coach. Ever.
@@dianeericson7900 Congratulations on never telling a coach what to do and for keeping your sanity by not becoming a coach again yourself! You did your time, I'm sure another will be found.
"Why do we even own tools?" I've been a fan ever since Christmas Jammies, but this rocked me to the core. To be fair though -- If you wanted to talk about sports, I would probably just respond, "sportsball is awesome", and "Go sportsball!"
My youngest son started baseball at age 9. It didn’t take us long to figure out we were WAY too late. Little did we know how young the kids are when they start. We knew we weren’t on the scene when we had to Google the rules of the game. 😂🤣😂🤣😂
My friend's son started at age 13 and was top player in his country by age 18 and has a full-ride scholarship now. Too late thing is nonesense trust me.
"Why do we own tools? " I lost it! My husband won't stop BUYING tools! Sports parents are too much! I work with a softball mom! She gets so worked up! It's annoying, but endearing at the same time!
My son has played sports since he was in Kindergarten. He's now 16 years old. As each year goes by, I find myself further and further away from the rest of the parents. I've actually brought binoculars to some games. I just want to watch him play and do what he does. I don't need to hear the insanity and yelling. There's a statistic that at like 12 or 13 years old participation in sports drops. No one can understand why. There are two reasons; parents and coaches! The kids finally feel at that age that they can tell everyone to go to hell, they're done playing! A good read that I recommend for parents who truly don't want to be "that parent" is "Until it Hurts".
Eight years of Taekwondo. I’m so glad my parents aren’t like this. However it doesn’t exclude people like this entirely. There was one time these ten year olds were sparing. The dad of one was coaching from the side lines. He was trying to get his son to really hurt the other boy, even encouraging moves that are banned from sparing entirely. Our Grandmaster had to remove him and his son from sparing al together.
This was funny and reflects some sports parents. I coach youth football, used to for baseball, and I dabble in LAX a little. While this is an exaggeration, every parent should make, yes I said make, their kid explore sports. Kids who play sports have lower body fat, stronger muscles and bones, and increased cardiovascular fitness. They have a much lower risk of becoming overweight or obese. Young athletes grow up into active adults. Let them try a few. Try them all. You never know which one they will like or be good at. My son will soon be turning 13 is a great athlete and smart too. I am truly fortunate. I was never into organized sports as kid because my dad did not encourage it. My son's mother and I always said we were not going to raise an out-of-shape kid. We made a point since he was 5 to be involved in a sport almost year round. I don't care what but something. Started off with soccer of course. He has also been wrestling and playing football since he was 6 or 7. He used to play baseball until last year but lost interest. He discovered LAX and loves it. This past season wrestling was cancelled due to COVID. He tried basketball for the first time and now I am putting in a court, lol. KEEP THEM PHYSICALLY ACTIVE!
I didn't start piano until I was 7... All the other parents liked to rub it in my mom's face how bad I was compared to their kids who started when they were 3 under teachers way out of her salary range. Chinese parents be like 🙃
My daughter is 7 and very average to below average at ballet and tae kwon do, and I’m really ok with that because the travel team sport situation around me is a little much 🤣
I coached clinic soccer for kids 5-7 year olds. When the kids got into county U8/U9 parents and coaches lost their minds! They expect kids to know their position already and know basics when many never played clinic. My son quit because it stopped teaching and started demanding skills.
I went through so many sports as a kid Soccer, field hockey, karate, boxing, rugby league. now 28-year-old me is an art student not playing any sports, but I do have an interest in motorsport, surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding and mountain biking
Sad part is there are parents who act like this, i hated all sports since i was very young and still do, i was forced to play in gym class and anytime i had to play sports id grab the ball and try to score on my own team all the way thru highschool. My parents and gym teachers tried making me participate and i threatened to burn them all alive with lighter fluid.. I just wanted to sit in a room all day and stair at a blank wall and be left alone, and still do 40 years later.
Jack, 5, was enrolled in tee ball by his parents. They spent over $200 on his equipment... unbeknownst to me. Jude had already asked his dad for the same stuff, but was told we can get yours at the end of summer when you are old enough to join. Jude, 3, tells his mom during their morning walk,”I need to call Lola (Lola is grandma in Tagalo) and ask her something.” I get a FaceTime call and Jude asks if I will buy him everything on this piece of paper just exactly like Jack’s equipment? I say sure. He yells to his mom, “she said ‘sure’ that means yes!!!” So precious. ❤️ I’m in VA and they are in FL. I go to visit a few weeks later and we are chatting about it. I say that is very grown up of him to think to figure it out by himself. He says, “yeah, it was a great idea!”
Lol growing up my parents literally made only take one class at a time but it worked I’ve been doing theatre since 1st grade (I’m going into high school now) but now that I’m older I want to take dance classes and do plays! Lol 😂🤣 Anyway I loved the video y’all always make me laugh!!
@@maddyfinn2426 I know but since I can only do one and there is already complex dances in the plays I have to go with plays. I could never give them up 😄. It’s awesome that you do dance though!
But when kids love sports it is the best!!! My son did ice hockey, LAX, and wrestling growing up. He loved it!! We both did! Lots of good memories! Since I did not know how to do any of those things, I was never able to give him or his coaches “advise”. That helped keep it fun!!!!
Unfortunately this is sooooooo accurate. Every parent thinks their kid is going to be a professional...when they are 4. Excuse me for sounding super old...but I miss when sports were about having fun and learning when you were younger...and eventually competitive once they were heading towards high school
I hate when parents act like that screaming at the refs and the coaches. My son play soccer and my brother coaches and there are parents who will literally call my brother up and scream at him or go up to him and yell at him. The refs get the same thing and it's like are you serious dude? These people are volunteers not only do they not get paid (the refs are usually kids in the older divisions and they usually get money off of their soccer fees) but my brother actually adjusts his work schedule and works less during the soccer season so that he can coach. He is actually losing money. it's funny that the parents think they know exactly what should be done don't volunteer to coach
LOL! This is so on point. Of course, now I am the tennis mom that couldn't even tell you if her kid was winning or losing since I'm too busy chatting it up with the other parents. Even given this, when my boys miss a shot, somehow it is my fault. I proudly can say I have never watched a clinic. #gotnotimeforthat
(Year 2) remindedme of the High School that my husband and I went to back in 80's.. Now to get yourown kids into that high school if you live inside of a different district , the waiting list is close 4 years long.
🤣 you guys might enjoy The battle hymn of the tiger mom (whatever it’s called). At the end after the violin insanity, her daughter plays tennis and bans the mom from being involved 🤣
My Son is one of the coaches for his son's t-ball team. And most practices they can't get the kids to run the bases. If they do they end up chasing each other. It's like herding cats.
Wait....Why would you have the Traeger inside your garage? That needs to be somewhere where all the other dads can see it so that you can get invited to all the smoking things! If you know, you know.
I had my daughter under the impression that she had to draw up football plays when she was 7. I asked her one day in front of her friends if she has drawn up any football plays. She said “no, not yet”. I replied to her “ you need to get started on drawing up some football plays because life goes by fast and before you know it, you’ll be 18 and graduated with no football plays……then what”? Her friend sitting next to her yelled at me “ HEY! SHE DOESN’T NEED TO DRAW UP FOOTBALL PLAYS!” Her friend was 6. Kids.😂🤣
My parents didn't have money and wanted me to "be my own person" so the only thing I know how to do is play the accordian (thanks to my grandma who pushed me into it) and write things like poetry and I don't have cool skills.
I will never understand the sport obsession. People really like to spend their free time sitting out in the hot sun watching their kids throw or kick a ball around? I can think of a million other things I’d rather do.
Near me, nutzo parents are trying to sign up their four year olds for prestigious lacrosse camps for the future in 2027 because they heard that there’s a long waiting list and they want to make sure their kids get a spot when they are older. They are crazy.
When our son was younger we had him in tball, then baseball. We were not crazy parents like I see some. When he got older he didn't seem to want to do it anymore, which is ok. I wish we would have put him into something else as he just likes gaming and computers now. He loves fishing though. Our daughter spent about 14 years in dance and she loved it. She also loves to teach dance. I really thought she'd get a college scholarship w/this, but dance is not like Soccer or Football.
Lmao my parents are exactly like that! I didn’t have a say in the matter and I actually did want to quit for the exact reason (too much shouting) and my parents immediately tried to find me another sport and also (successfully) guilt tripped me into staying in my current sport (swimming). It’s gotten a bit better with my new tea tho :)
The wardrobe changes for this one I think tops them all. And I bet Penn still has 50 more t-shirts in his closet. (My husband also has a t-shirt problem. Right now I am working on getting him to at least wear shirts with no messaging on them!)
