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Originally Posted by Stan
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I don't know, Stan. That's pretty simplistic -- the article, I mean. But whether or not I agree on that subject, I'm not sure it's relevant to the topic of parents who scream at refs.
I know this thread was started in jest, but it is a serious issue, and one that affects more and more people. I think the main problem is that parents believe that "anything worth doing is worth being perfect at" and they really can't see that a healthy childhood includes a lot of mediocre performance. These are the same parents who scream at teachers for giving the kids B's instead of A's, and then scream at the kids for "slacking off." It's okay for kids to "slack off" and go to community college, and live in two-room apartments, and take the bus. There's no shame in not being Michael Jordan, or Lisa Leslie.