11 Habits of Happy and Positive Sports Parents

Do you want to give your child a positive youth sports experience? If so, there are some habits that you must develop. I believe that happy and positive sports parents have established 11 habits--intentional or not--and have learned that the secret of positive sports parenting is really no secret at all. It’s decisions they’ve made--weekly,daily, and hourly--to practice behavior that will allow their children to get the most out of the youth sports experience. Happy and positive sports parents make choices that become habits, and those habits not only make their own experience as a sports parent more enjoyable, they make their child’s youth sports experience more enjoyable as well. Would you like to give your child a positive youth sports experience? Then start practicing these 11 habits of happy and positive sports parents.

Janis B. Meredith, coach's wife for 2 decades and sports mom for 21 years, is an expert in youth sports parenting. Her website JBMThinks.com offers resources for sports parents to aid them in giving their children a positive youth sports experience. She is a sought-after youth sports writer and podcaster, and produces short video chats for parents.