Love this! It is always so frustrating when parents try to coach from the side for horseback riding! A lot of times they give incorrect advice or psych the kid out when all they need to do is help give confidence and cheering on.
Very true and very sad. The only thing that needs to be said by the parent in the car ride home is, "What kind of ice cream do you want?" All game talk should be kid-driven!
Love this! It is always so frustrating when parents try to coach from the side for horseback riding! A lot of times they give incorrect advice or psych the kid out when all they need to do is help give confidence and cheering on.
Oh wow, that's unfortunate. I imagine it interferes with the rider/horse relationship too. Does it also distract the horse?
It definitely can! Which can make things dangerous, or costly mistakes can be made that may result in other safety concerns.
I’m with this 💯.
I actually wrote a piece a while back about ways people could do better at being a youth sport parent:
https://open.substack.com/pub/hennyhiemenz/p/empty-calories-and-male-curiosity-b17?r=24w1jq&utm_medium=ios
Great stuff, Henry! Particularly like your points about cheering for other kids and learning to say, I don't know.
Thanks Melissa!
Great read,a large % of kids quitting sports occurs in the car ride home
Very true and very sad. The only thing that needs to be said by the parent in the car ride home is, "What kind of ice cream do you want?" All game talk should be kid-driven!