L had her sports practice again this morning, and they finished up their segment on soccer. Unfortunately for her, she has pretty crappy coordination when it comes to kicking a ball. She can't do it fast, she can hardly kick the ball anywhere but with her toe, her running is pretty medium paced (no sprinting here!), and she has a hard time following directions when she thinks she can beat someone else at it. Her competitiveness definitely comes from me - she wants to win, she wants to be good, and she refuses to do something if she knows she can't be the best at it. Argh. I know exactly what she's thinking and feeling, so I know nothing I say or do can change her mind. But still, you gotta try, right? Then, I become that hovering parent that's constantly pushing their kid to do XYZ, the kind other parents are probably watching and thinking "geez, lady, just let them be kids!" I don't want to be that parent, but I want L to succeed! I love to help out the coaches as needed, but I'm not sure exactly how to back my competitive streak out of the whole agenda. Luckily, next week they start basketball and I'm terrible at that. L will be just as good as me, if not better!
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I think you just have to let her do her own thing...it's natural to want them to succeed, but remember...she's only 3 ;-) you can holler at her when she's in high school...for now, just let her do what she's going to do, whether she's good or not ;-P I do agree tht it would be hysterical to see her and Andrew together..pretty sure they would both just run around the ball instead of actually kicking it! Ha!
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