Janis B. Meredith's Blog: JBM Thinks Sportsparenting, page 83

What to do when your child talks back: 5 words to remember

When your child talks back, you may feel the anger starting to boil and a very strong urge to give the little smart aleck a piece of your mind. But deep down inside you know that’s probably not the most effective way to handle the situation. A few weeks ago, I had a parent send [...]

Parenting humor: gotta keep it to stay sane

Parenting humor is a must if you want to keep your sanity. When we are able to laugh at ourselves, it goes a long way towards melting stress and lightening the loads we carry day in and day out. Here’s a light-hearted look at the many jobs/roles/challenges/frustrations/ a parent faces in any given day. It [...]

School sports: Make this the best year ever with these 10 resolutions

School sports have arrived. And with the new school year, it’s time for a fresh start. If you’ve made mistakes in your school sports parenting in the past, it’s never too late to start over. How about some new school year’s resolutions? You want the best for your child this year in his sports endeavors, don’t [...]

Women coaches: 6 Reasons Why they are Good for Youth Sports

How do your children feel about having women coaches? My daughter found she got along better with men coaches, but that was just a personality thing. My son never had a female coach. And my oldest daughter was fine with either a man or a woman coach. For us, it wasn’t so much about the [...]

Positive Parenting: a very practical way to implement it in your home

Positive Parenting may seem like a rather vague term, but the Positive Coaching Alliance has put a very specific spin on positive coaching that we as parents can apply to our parenting, whether our kids play sports or not. They are calling it the 5:1 Principle. Say five positive things for the “negative” message you [...]

What you can expect when your child plays traveling youth sports

Traveling youth sports is a culture unto itself. There are pros and cons to getting your child involved, so before you decide to take the plunge, here’s an idea of what you can expect. Traveling Youth Sports: The negative It eats up your weekends. Of course it depends on the seriousness of the team, but [...]

Supportive sports parents: what if mom and dad do it differently?

Supportive sports parents don’t all act the same. Some are very loud; some are silent observers in the bleachers. Some volunteer for everything; others only help when they can. You are as individual as your kids. And have you noticed that sometimes moms and dads do sports parenting differently too? US Water Polo’s Tumua Anae [...]

What happens when “Bad Parents” make a movie

Bad parents get a lot of bad press. And now they have their own movie. The movie Bad Parents, available on Amazon and iTunes, is not just about bad parenting, it’s about bad sports parenting. I agreed to review the movie only if I could give an honest review. So, before we go any further let [...]

Kids in Sports: More Resilient Than We Think

Today’s guest post is by Wendy Lynne, director of The Mental Toughness Academy, where kids in sports are taught how to develop the mindset to succeed in sports.   We all want what is best for our kids, myself included.  However most of us base what is “good for them” on what we think and [...]

Sports parenting skills: 3 Words That Will Change Your Journey

There are many sports parenting skills needed for the difficult, draining, and adventurous journey that you’ve chosen to take as the parent of a young athlete. As you deal with the team mate conflicts, coaching clashes, playing-time problems, and team politics, you as sports parents may find it easy to get pretty tense, grumpy, and [...]