I am the parent of a former high school athlete and current high school athlete. As many of you older posters know, I coached high school basketball throughout the 90's. If you have young kids that play sports, or toddlers that you think you will want to play sports, please watch the documentary on HBO: State of Play and Trophy Kids…it is a chilling depiction of what can happen when parents lose perspective...
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/84585/peter-bergs-state-of-play-trophy-kids-and-memories-of-crazy-sports-parents
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/84585/peter-bergs-state-of-play-trophy-kids-and-memories-of-crazy-sports-parents