Kid vs. Coach (HS Division) - parental role?

[drb]

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It was a lesson for many of the boys–some quit, some hung in, but all learned where their breaking point was and where their priorities lay.

Not exactly the lesson one hopes HS sports will impart, but I take your point.

You have to look at the good things in Ds life- she is healthy, generally happy, doing well in school, has good friends, is on the hunt for a college, has two more sports to do, and has all kinds of wonderful things to look forward to

Amen! (But does that mean I have to take the pins out of the voodoo doll’s eyeballs?)</p>

[mkm56]

<p>drb, don’t give up the voodoo doll. Once when my son was having a particularly hard time with a teacher he felt was evil incarnate (though a good teacher material-wise), my H. brought home a voodoo doll from a New Orleans trip as a joke for him—he used it for a while and reported that it certainly relieved stress for him ;).</p>

[emeraldkity4]

<p>but not as satisfying as watching “pioneers” named after your inlaws die of dystentery, cholera, and broken legs on Oregon Trail
;)</p>

[jmmom]

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You have to look at the good things in Ds life- she is healthy, generally happy, doing well in school, has good friends, is on the hunt for a college, has two more sports to do, and has all kinds of wonderful things to look forward to </p>

<p>Amen! (But does that mean I have to take the pins out of the voodoo doll’s eyeballs?)

I think the combination of Glass Half Full outlook plus Voodoo Dolls for stress relief and possible revenge is just what the doctor ordered, drb. It stinks, it truly stinks, but I’m glad to see you can laugh at it at least a little bit.</p>