From the Sidelines: Parents and Youth Sports - TulsaKids Magazine

From the Sidelines: Parents and Youth Sports - TulsaKids Magazine

On a breezy fall morning, I strolled onto the soccer field to meet my daughter, whose team had just finished a close game. Immediately, I noticed her expression was downcast. “One of the other team’s goals was my fault,” she said. Her gloomy demeanor stirred something prickly inside me, an angst I didn’t want to feel at that moment. I rushed to find some comforting words. “Oh, honey, I’m sure that’s not true! It couldn’t possibly have been all y…