Memoirs: Little League parents from hell 12 Articles

by Rabi

Competition can be a wonderful thing. It can also be hell incarnate. In today's society, sports and competition have some parents so tightly wound, the games at hand seem to matter more to them than their children. Simp...read more

by Anna Parrish

As I sit and watch my child play sports, I wonder if some of the parents (some coaches included) are taking all the fun out of the game for him as well as the other teammates. Don't get me wrong, of course every child sho...read more

by Myra Turner

Okay, I admit it. I was a little league parent from hell. I was so bad that the other parents from hell hated me the worse. It started when I ended up coaching the "Cobra's" little league soccer team. While I coached this ...read more

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by Jerry Brown

Here's an opportunity to take a hard look at whether you are the obnoxious parent. Let's not come to any quick conclusions but let's be honest with ourselves. "Is Little League baseball about the kids or is it about the ...read more

by Clay Callicoat

It is an unfortunate fact that many of us have experiences in which an overzealous parent took things a little too far and turned an exciting, cheerful event into a frightening, embarassing moment that will stay with the c...read more

by Arthur Kleinberg

Little League Perspectives As I stand beyond the right field wall, a spectator of my ten year old brother's Little League game, in which they played against the mythic and most fe...read more

by Isabel Sacks

On a cold, frosty Sunday morning in the winter, I love to walk the dog and watch the "junior" football in progress. The little lads' chilled misty breath hanging the in the air as they charge around the pitch, their little...read more

by Mj Ferruzza

The problems: 1. Trying to live through your children. 2. The stress of driving kids to practices and games and believing officials and other parents are undermining your sacrifices. 3. The costs involved. 4. Treating ...read more

by Sharon MacGregor

Not only have I seen and heard a number of seemingly normal parents turn into a Little League parent from hell, my own husband has been known to morph into one on occassion. The funniest experience was when he was an umpi...read more

by Tommy Vaughan

Let me just start out by saying that I'm not completely against kids playing sports. I for one enjoyed getting out in the backyard with my friends and playing football or softball or basketball as a kid and a young adult....read more

by Julie Lincoln

I, too, have a little league horror story. Six years ago I made the decision to enroll my daughter into a little league soccer team. The coach was the mother of one of the players, and I soon came to realize that she knew...read more

by Anthony Widmer

I am a little league coach. I have coached different sports at different age levels. I have come to the conclusion that in all of the sports and all of the age groups that there is one constant - you can't please every par...read more