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[QUOTE="ForCuseSake, post: 2617751, member: 266"]
I understand and agree with a lot of your post. I have a brother a few years older than you (with a son a few years older than yours) and have had many similar experiences as a volunteer assistant coach for both town and travel lacrosse teams in his age group.

I also think too many parents (starting with the Boomers and continued by most Gen Xers) try to use youth sports as the vehicle to show tough love and teach work ethic because they fail to do it through other means.

They push-parent their kid and grind them down until the kid is either burned out or playing solely for their expectation. This is what I meant by the culture being toxic. And it started with the Boomers treating Millenials like miniature college resumes rather than children to be taught life skills like work ethic.

This has completely corrupted the entire youth sports experience. Youth sports should be fun and teach kids about teamwork, sportsmanship, fitness, etc.

I’m not a “trophy for all” type. It’s good to have kids lose and teach them how to win and lose with humility and dignity.

I think the whole system is off the rails and needs to swing back to the “sports should be fun first” end of the spectrum. /End rant

Edit - I default to the Mr Miyagi philosophy,”no such thing as bad student only bad teacher”.

A lot of parenting is luck but youth sports shines a bright light on adults who have warped their kids by either coddling them or pushing them too hard. It’s the toughest balance to achieve as I’m in the midst of it with my young kids.
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