Comments for Your Men's Journey http://www.yourmensjourney.com Where men can become the men they can be Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:53:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on How to positively encourage your children to participate in sports by Jake Engle http://www.yourmensjourney.com/how-to-positively-encourage-your-children-to-participate-in-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Jake Engle Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:53:26 +0000 http://www.yourmensjourney.com/?p=503#comment-2 This is an area we should all explore in ourselves. The writer is modest. Happen to know he was and is quite the athlete, and has had the thrill of victory and recognition from sports. But he doesn't tell his children that they have to live up to his accomplishments. Many of us weren't so lucky. I've seen parents that used sports to denigrate kids that they knew to be more talented than them in every way. And I've seen parents who know better not teach kids the number lesson of sports -- Keep Trying, as Failure is a Part of Success. Nice analysis. This is an area we should all explore in ourselves. The writer is
modest. Happen to know he was and is quite the athlete, and has had the thrill of victory and recognition from sports. But he doesn’t tell his children that they have to live up to his accomplishments.

Many of us weren’t so lucky. I’ve seen parents that used sports to denigrate kids that they knew to be more talented than them in every way.

And I’ve seen parents who know better not teach kids the number lesson of sports — Keep Trying, as Failure is a Part of Success.

Nice analysis.

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