How Sports Parents Can Avoid Living Vicariously Through Their Kids

I don’t have to explain why living vicariously through your children is a problem. It’s pretty obvious. What’s not so obvious is how to overcome this powerful gravitational pull. Especially if you are a former athlete raising an athletic child. As a former athlete who didn’t reach all of my goals, I struggled with this […]

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What Parents Can do for a Child Who Has Yet to Find Purpose

Yesterday I made a bold assertion that is fundamental to my beliefs about parenting. If a child acts lazy and is not willing to work hard, then that kid has yet to find purpose. In addition, if a parent can motivate a child to find purpose, then that parent can teach that child to love […]

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Can You Teach a Young Athlete the Will to Grind?

On the one hand, some coaches will say you can’t teach a young athlete to work hard. These coaches believe the will to grind hard is something you either have or you don’t. That grinding hard is an innate characteristic embedded in your DNA. Other coaches will say young athletes who lack talent grind harder than athletes […]

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