Answering Questions

So I decided that someone needs to read my blog - since there aren't any volunteers, that someone is me. It's a good thing that I haven't been overwhelmed with readers; otherwise, I wouldn't have noticed a few questions from my earlier posts that I had promised to answer here. Of course, I'm the only one here so there must be some kind of circular logic at play.

The first question was really a clarification of my comments regarding parental involvement in youth sports. My generation is too involved in the sports "careers" of our children. Our kids know how much we care and they're way too worried about what we think and not wanting to disappoint us. Nervous kids don't perform to their potential and don't have as much fun. If you want to help your child improve in a particular sport, don't ask him if he wants to attend a sports camp or wants to practice outside with you. If you back off and let your child come to you if she wants your help, you'll have a happier, more successful child.

I think there is another question that I promised to answer but I can't remember it now.

One more thing. I just discovered that I can edit the dates of my blog. This is a cool feature because I can keep changing the dates so it doesn't look like my insights have been ignored for months at a time. I'm even thinking of post-dating some comments.