What NOT to do as a Youth Football Parent and Back to School

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Back to school is officially under way and our kiddos are splitting their time between school, chores  and youth sports, and we as parents love watching them play in said sports. (Not so much helping with homework though.) Joston my 10 year old had his first official youth 3/4th grade Football game of the 2019 season on Saturday. It was so much fun watching the kids on the field put everything the hardworking coaches had been implementing to them at practises in to play. The coaches have been working so hard with the kids on teaching them techniques, trying to demonstrate proper moves and plays to them. To watch it all come together like a puzzle piece was amazing. As I laid in the bed the other night reflecting on Joston's game a couple of things did come to mind. These things are things in my personal opinion that as a Youth Football Parent a Parent should NOT do. I might have or have not witnessed this all happen at one point.

1. Don't be the parent that is trying to coach from the side lines. Your child has Coaches for a reason to help guide them and direct them through the plays. If you are standing on the side lines trying to tell your kid what to do. Two major things happen first your child gets confused because your child wants to listen to you but the coach mostly likely told him to do something different two, you just messed up the whole play that was suppose to take place because your child was confused. Just don't be that dad or mom. I know as a sport parents that is hard...TRUST the coaches.

2. Don't stand directly on the fence or on side lines. Sit in the bleachers. The bleachers are there for a reason for us parents to set our butts in them. If you are standing directly on the fence line or side lines of the field you our blocking everyone elses from seeing their kid play. We all want good bragging pictures of our kids and we all want to see them better but standing on the fence or direct sideline is preventing ever other parent from being able to see their kid play, and that's not fair to the other parents. Just don't be that parent!

3. Don't be the Pinterest food parent. What do I mean by this?? I am talking able the moms or dads that go crazy on being the snack mom or dad after the football game. A simple bag of chips or Popsicle is enough for these kiddos. Believe me they will not remember be the next game the super cool snack that so and so's mom brought. Keep it simple and don't try to show the other parents up.

All of these things are my personal opinion but most of the other parents I talk to agree. So, it simple and just Don't be that Parent.

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On a lighter note my little Gunnar the baby of the family started back to preschool when the older kids started back to school. We have started using a new program with him here at home through Education.com they have these amazing worksheets that helping him learn a ton. Currently he is working on traceable summer words on a fun dinosaur worksheet. What 4 year old does not love dinosaurs right and well all know Gunnar is very knowledgeable in all things dinosaurs. This worksheet is a bonus for Gunnar because it has dinosaurs and he is learning new words at the same time.

What better time than now to practice pencil grasp and word recognition than now!  Check out Education.com  for more fun activities like this one!



Education.com has a ton of other worksheets as well to keep you kids brains active and have a fun learning experience at the same time. Its the perfect resource for both Parents and Teachers. Some of the many other worksheets they have available are:
  • Maze
  • Word search
  • Word search with images
  • Crossword puzzle
  • Word scramble
  • Addition
  • Subtraction
  • Division
  • Multiplication
  • Spelling Test
  • Matching words to images
  • Word Tracer
Check out the Education.com site today and tell me what you think.

--Tyger-Lynn Mom to the Blended Stone's family


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