The First Rule of Sports (and all) Parenting: Don't Speak

The First Rule of Sports (and all) Parenting: Don't Speak
Found in Momaha.com, Special to the Washington, Posted March 8, 2017
Your child doesn't have to play in the Super Bowl for you to know the feeling. Their team was supposed to win and then they didn't. What do you do? Being the mother of two girls who played soccer and ran track, I thought I knew the answer: Talk it through. Tell them you love them. Say it's just a game. Remind them there's always a next time. Isn't that what good parenting is all about? Keeping channels of communication open even in tough moments?

Turns out the answer is no. I learned this when I had a "don't speak" moment.

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