How to make sure your child suffers from burnout and fails to become a well-rounded person.<\/p>\n
1. \u00a0Find an area in which they excel and make them practice it for prolonged periods of time each day, starting as young as possible.<\/p>\n
2. \u00a0Only make time for one activity, letting your child know they don\u2019t have time to play another sport or participate in another activity because they are so gifted in this one \u201cspecial\u201d activity.<\/p>\n
3. \u00a0Focus on drills and skills, creativity and fun should always come second.<\/p>\n
4. \u00a0Let the coaches or teachers know how gifted your child is, and to make sure they see things the same way you do, make sure you attend every practice and every game and give your opinion on how your child is developing.<\/p>\n
5. \u00a0Find a really intense coach or teacher and agree to put the special activity above all other things, especially other sports or music lessons.\u00a0 Make sure you have this intense coach or teacher from the time your child is 8 years old.<\/p>\n
6. \u00a0Focus on winning at a young age.\u00a0 After all, you can\u2019t be a future Olympian if you didn\u2019t win the 8 year old girls travel soccer league.<\/p>\n
7. \u00a0Talk excessively on the sideline about how talented your child is at the activity.\u00a0 It is really important that all the other parents know about your child\u2019s talents.\u00a0 This builds hype and will make your kid buy into their star potential.<\/p>\n
8. \u00a0Talk excessively on the sideline about all the opportunities available for your child.\u00a0 If she was invited to play on a special team, let everyone know about it and make them all feel that if they aren\u2019t doing it too, their child must be a loser with no talent.<\/p>\n
9. \u00a0Ignore that children mature at widely different ages.\u00a0 If your child is a 5 foot tall 10 year old, ignore that their success is largely related to their size.\u00a0 Keep telling yourself that they will continue growing at that pace, and will likely be the first 7 foot 300 pound person in your family.<\/p>\n
10. \u00a0Yell at officials who make bad calls.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter that they are volunteering their time.\u00a0 They are ruining the game with their lousy calls and deserve to hear it from the sidelines.\u00a0 This will definitely give your child an edge in future competitions.<\/p>\n
11. \u00a0Make sure you buy all the best equipment.\u00a0 This equipment will emphasize to your child how important the activity is, and make them look better than all the other kids.<\/p>\n
12. \u00a0Starting when your child is very young (no later than age 8 or 9), be willing to pay for extra training sessions and the best coaches.\u00a0 If you have to take a second job to afford this, it\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n
13. \u00a0If your child is athletic, let them know music is for sissies.\u00a0 If they are musical, let them know sports are for meatheads.\u00a0 Under no condition should a child be developed in both areas.<\/p>\n
14. \u00a0Keep emphasizing that you are doing all this because your kid will get a scholarship.\u00a0 Tell your kid about the scholarship and make them feel their worth is directly related to their ability to achieve said scholarship.\u00a0 Ignore the very small number of scholarships actually available, because your kid is special.<\/p>\n
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Lest you think I\u2019m a lazy parent, please know that I do consider myself somewhat of a \u201ctiger mom.\u201d\u00a0 I believe in hard work for kids, but in proper proportions and always with an emphasis on character over results.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tips on how to be an obnoxious parent, have your child suffer from burnout, and have your child fail to be a well-rounded person. It’s easier than you think! Just focus on results, ignore character development, and make sure to take your child’s activities way too seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":734,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,9,13],"tags":[83,85,86,89,90,88,84,87,82],"class_list":["post-5791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children","category-education-homeschooling","category-keeping-it-real","category-motherhood","tag-burnout","tag-coaches","tag-competition","tag-competitive-sports","tag-parenting","tag-parents-behavior","tag-practice","tag-scholarships","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n