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Old Sun May 25, 2008, 08:45pm
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Originally Posted by CoachCER
It seems as if the sportsmanship has gotten dramatically worse. I had noticed some trends with the younger kids (particularly with the parents)
These are called "Helicopter Parents", they spend a lot of time "hovering" over their kids. I coached middle school for over 25 years. It wasn't like this in the early 1980's, but it has increasing gotten worse. It's one of the many reasons that I left coaching.
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