Yeah I know....many of them are living vicariously through their children me thinks. Makes it awfully hard for them to provide perspective for their children when their own is so out of wack.....
On 8/24/07, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ummmm yeahhhh... have you ever worked in youth sports? :-) > > > parents = eeeeviiiilllll > > > > > On 8/24/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know. I think an awful lot of that onus is on the parents. Can > you > > help your child keep everything in perspective? When ESPN cameras and > huge > > crowds seem to suggest to the kid that this is some life or death > > tragedy...can you keep it in perspective that it's "just a game"....that > > what you've accomplished is incredibly special, no matter the final > > outcome...that sportsmanship and fair competition and camaraderie with > your > > teammates and even your opponents...that these are the things to be > valued > > and treasured. > > > > If they can do THAT, then this would truly be a wonderful experience. > > > > On 8/24/07, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Man, I just wonder if these 11 year old kids can really handle that > > > type of pressure and subsequent defeat. I know sports is great but > > > losing the local district and losing at the international level is a > > > huge difference. I saw it on ESPN and yeah I just wanted to reach out > > > and hug the kid. > > > > > > I'm curious if anyone has done any studies on the psychological > > > effects of things like this. > > > > > > J.J. > > > > > > On 8/24/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So anyone catch Curacao's victory over Venezuela yesterday? Kid hit > a 2 > > > out, > > > > 2 run home run in the bottom of the 7th inning to win the game. > After > > > > watching the ball sail over the wall, ending his season, the right > > > fielder > > > > just sat against the wall and bawled for several minutes....it was > heart > > > > wrenching man. > > > > > > > > Trying to find some video of it....i'm tellin ya, the Little League > > > World > > > > Series is where its at. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > It was dark all around > > > > there was frost on the ground > > > > when the Tigers broke free. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241232 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
