S4 Ep7: Your kid isn't being picked on. They are being coached.
Your kid comes off the court and says the coach is picking on them again. Always calling them out, never the other kids. And before they've finished the sentence, you're already halfway to a decision ...
11 Aug 6min
S4 Ep6: Put the angry email in the book (Before You Blame the Coach out now!)
Your kid gets benched. Your chest goes tight. And somewhere between the sideline and the parking lot, a message starts writing itself in your head — the one that has to be sent. This is the episode wh...
4 Aug 6min
S4 Ep5: The Secret Bribery Ring That Doesn't Exist
You've probably said some version of it. "I didn't pay all this money for you to play like that." Maybe out loud, maybe in your head on the drive home, maybe half-joking. This episode is about where t...
28 Jul 7min
S4 Ep4: Youth Sports Were Never Meant to Be Fair
Playing time is where I've watched more parents come undone than almost anything else. Not because they're difficult people, but because the rotation pokes at something real. Fairness. Pride. The fear...
21 Jul 7min
S4 Ep3: You're Not the Coach in That Car
Your kid gets in the car and asks you the question. What am I doing wrong? And most of us answer it. We say you're too slow, or you need to get lower, or the coach has favorites and there's nothing yo...
14 Jul 38min
S4 Ep2: Don't Be A Lawnmower
There's a version of youth sports parenting where the job feels simple: get them there, feed them, cheer, repeat. And then something goes sideways — the shoe won't tie, the meal's a disaster, a teamma...
7 Jul 5min
S4 Ep1: More Than the Chauffeur
Most of what a sports parent does has nothing to do with sports. It's gear. It's scheduling. It's "did you remember your cleats" texted at 6:45 in the morning. Parents get so good at the doing that th...
30 Jun 5min
