My 11 year old twins have been playing in a hyper-competitive football league and want to quit. They are screamed at, cussed at and treated like they are worthless by the coaches and it seems to be hurting their confidence. They have played for 5 years and we have always made them see things through that they start. The problem is, their treatment has been putting stress on me as well and in turn the whole family (boys, me & husband). My question is, how much do we take and how miserable do we all have to be in order to teach them a lesson that you don't just quit because it gets tough? I am afraid that while teaching the lesson to see things through, I am inadvertently allowing their self-respect to plummet because of these ridiculous coaches. The league is not for the children anymore, it is for the coaches who are competing amongst eachother at the expense of the little guys.
What would you do? I am miserable and so are my boys. I just sent them to a game crying.
2007-08-25
03:49:11
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starbrite74♥♥
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