Daily Excerpt: Soccer Is Fun without Parents (Jonas) - The Ego Parent
Excerpt from Soccer Is Fun without Parents (Jonas): THE EGO PARENT The ego parent is sometimes hard to spot at first. One key is that they are often seen with large insulated mugs of coffee that have some ridiculous inscription, like: “It is a great day for soccer.” They also have bumper stickers about soccer on their cars, so you know they are involved with the “beautiful game.” They will constantly bring up the premiership without really knowing what league it is or who plays in it, but they love saying the word premiership. The Brits put the emphasis on the first syllable of Premier, and Americans on the second. You know them within minutes of the conversation because their son or daughter, Sam or Julie, are the absolute best player on the team. There is no “we” in the Ego Parent. In youth soccer there is a national ranking system where clubs, teams, and players get ranked. Too many parents take these rankings seriously, and the president of FC told a story that he had a pare