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Glennon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
9038 total appearances

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We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

Because I used to bring blow pops and like put them in all the parents' mouths. And I would say, suck this so you can remember to not suck. Like, let's just all not suck today. That's great. But one time when I was the field marshal- One of the dads on the sideline lost his shit to the extent that he started screaming, running on the field.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

In this crazy system, it was my job, the 5'2 field marshal, I had to run, go onto the field, talk down this 6'5 man who was our parent on our sideline. Then he wouldn't leave the field.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

In this crazy system, it was my job, the 5'2 field marshal, I had to run, go onto the field, talk down this 6'5 man who was our parent on our sideline. Then he wouldn't leave the field.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

In this crazy system, it was my job, the 5'2 field marshal, I had to run, go onto the field, talk down this 6'5 man who was our parent on our sideline. Then he wouldn't leave the field.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

So then the referee told me it was my responsibility to get this guy to the parking lot. They had to call the police. I mean, the extent we have lost control of the sidelines and the behavior we are modeling for children in this spot that we are calling character building... Please tell us, how did we get here? What are you hearing? What are we going to do about it?

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

So then the referee told me it was my responsibility to get this guy to the parking lot. They had to call the police. I mean, the extent we have lost control of the sidelines and the behavior we are modeling for children in this spot that we are calling character building... Please tell us, how did we get here? What are you hearing? What are we going to do about it?

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

So then the referee told me it was my responsibility to get this guy to the parking lot. They had to call the police. I mean, the extent we have lost control of the sidelines and the behavior we are modeling for children in this spot that we are calling character building... Please tell us, how did we get here? What are you hearing? What are we going to do about it?

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

Or you were going to make someone proud. You wanted me to. I mean, Linda, it would not be out of the realm for Abby to come home from a walk and say, I went for a walk. Are you proud of me? We're 48. And I do think about that word a lot. And poor parents, like we just can't win for losing. But I do often think about what is the shadow side of the thing I'm saying.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

Or you were going to make someone proud. You wanted me to. I mean, Linda, it would not be out of the realm for Abby to come home from a walk and say, I went for a walk. Are you proud of me? We're 48. And I do think about that word a lot. And poor parents, like we just can't win for losing. But I do often think about what is the shadow side of the thing I'm saying.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

Or you were going to make someone proud. You wanted me to. I mean, Linda, it would not be out of the realm for Abby to come home from a walk and say, I went for a walk. Are you proud of me? We're 48. And I do think about that word a lot. And poor parents, like we just can't win for losing. But I do often think about what is the shadow side of the thing I'm saying.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

If I'm saying I'm so proud of you because you scored so many goals today, there's a shadow side of that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

If I'm saying I'm so proud of you because you scored so many goals today, there's a shadow side of that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

If I'm saying I'm so proud of you because you scored so many goals today, there's a shadow side of that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

If I am proud of you because you scored goals, it is also automatically true that I will not be proud of you if you do not score goals. That's right.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

If I am proud of you because you scored goals, it is also automatically true that I will not be proud of you if you do not score goals. That's right.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

If I am proud of you because you scored goals, it is also automatically true that I will not be proud of you if you do not score goals. That's right.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

And then sometimes Abby will come in the room and secretly say, wow, I had a different assessment. Like we, we actually don't add. Abby doesn't add her assessment, but she often has a very different one than the one the child has come to.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

And then sometimes Abby will come in the room and secretly say, wow, I had a different assessment. Like we, we actually don't add. Abby doesn't add her assessment, but she often has a very different one than the one the child has come to.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

And then sometimes Abby will come in the room and secretly say, wow, I had a different assessment. Like we, we actually don't add. Abby doesn't add her assessment, but she often has a very different one than the one the child has come to.

We Can Do Hard Things
Let Kids Play: Fixing Youth Sports with Linda Flanagan

I'm also interested in short-term, how do we help our pod squad families carve out pockets of health inside this system that is not going to change tomorrow? What do you think, sister, as a parent of young kids, what do you want to know about this whole system? I'm so in it. that I don't even know what, how to start it.