Jun 15, 2018 | environment, Parent, Parenting
Parents use “video” evidence to challenge results! Are these parents awful or is it the sporting environment which is tainted? I’m gutted for the teachers who said they’d try and work out who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd, however…… Two...
May 1, 2018 | Parent, Parenting
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Jan 16, 2018 | coaches, Parent, Parenting, Self-esteem, Sporting character, sporting parents
Imagine volunteering for an hour only to disappoint everyone? Fancy giving up part of your weekend knowing you were going to be tutted at, shouted at and called names, accused of cheating and being blind. Referees are probably the unsung heroes of weekend grassroots...
Dec 14, 2017 | Parent, Parenting, Sporting character
(This appeared as the “rant’ in the October 2017 issues of Rugby World. “Did you score?” is the question I have to use all my self-control not to ask when I miss one of my son’s rugby games. Who doesn’t get great pleasure from...
Nov 27, 2017 | Emotions, Parent, Parenting, Sporting character, sporting parents
You plan a parents event to inspire and change behaviour from the unwelcome to helpful, only the parents you really want to attend, don’t show up! You are desperate for Mr Angry, Miss Shoutstoomuch and Mrs Pushy to attend because you can see the impact their...
Nov 21, 2017 | Emotions, Parent, Parenting, Uncategorised
I sometimes wish I was with a different child. I sometimes wish I was with one of my other kids! This confession requires me to be courageously honest, and I’ve found great freedom in being courageously honest. When I am doing something with one of my kids, I often...
