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Why watching your children play your sport is emotionally complex

My kids started playing the sport I was good at in high school and watching them struggle with things that came easily to me is harder than I expected.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parental projection and memory collision create unrealistic expectations that burden both generations.

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“Where Are You with Sports — playing and watching?”

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