Will You Still Love Me If I Don't Win? provides advice for using emotional training as well as physical training to aid children in becoming well-rounded, confident young people. This book also guides parents to motivate their children positively for both personal and athletic achievement.
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This review is from: Will You Still Love Me If I Don't Win?: A Guide for Parents of Young Athletes (Paperback)
The book helped me see how my parents effected me in certain ways,
particularly about my self esteem, and how I have carried that through to my sons. Because of this I have become much more aware of how I talk to my kids and I pay attention to how they react to me. My husband I and I talk to each other more now since the book about what we see in each other's behavior towards our kids. It is the only book I have ever read that really talks about the emotional side of sports. Reading it was such an education and so helpful in understanding how much emotions play a role in my son's approach to sports. I knew it to some extent, but not near to the extent I now am aware of it.I found that this book is not really just about sports, but about parenting, and it can apply to all areas in my son's life. Not assuming that I always know how I am impacting my sons with my behavior. I pay much more attention to how I speak to them, particularly the tones in my voice when I am disappointed with them. Until I read the book I did not understand how often my frustration or anger (often it didn't have anything to do with my kids) was negatively effected my sons, not only in sports, but in our relationship. Learning how to be more supportive, by listening to them a little differently and encouraging them--by asking more questions--to talk about how they feel about things. Appreciating to a greater extent how important this is. Understanding much more about how their birth order effects how they approach sports and everything else in their lives.I was honored to do a book signing and Q&A for our son's school,the author was kind enough to attend. The school sold over 60 books and parents responded possitivally to all ascpects of the book. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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insight on parent child relationships, may dig into your own past,
By Elixabeth (Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Will You Still Love Me If I Don't Win?: A Guide for Parents of Young Athletes (Paperback)
I had to write a book report on this and ended up enjoying both the book and the report writing. It is well written, technical and insightful, it kept me engaged and then I shoved it off to my sister to read. I would recommend it to anyone who hangs out with, or has ever been a kid. It is divided into clear sections with a list of chapters in the beginning to easily find what you're looking for. Although it's about youth and sports, it relates directly to parent child relationships and interaction. Looking at the way how we were treated as kids effects how we treat our own kids, lending examples, insight and tips for improvement.
In the first section of the book, the author shows us how demanding it is to be a young athlete. Many of the stories he tells portray children's fear of disappointing their parents. The next section of the book gives greater depth at how adult's reactions can affect their children's joy and excitement for playing. If a parent commits time to their kid they can become entangled in the competition and take a win or loss personally. One section of the book focuses specifically on the parent's emotions, how they may come from their own childhood experiences as well as how to feel and deal more affectively with them. It recommends visualization, writing a letter and journaling as ways of consciously feeling your emotions. The last section of the book goes back to the children's needs by discussing the ways age, birth order and personalities influence their game. It also discusses the emotional issues families may face, combining themes discussed throughout the book to answer questions parents commonly ask.
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This review is from: Will You Still Love Me If I Don't Win?: A Guide for Parents of Young Athletes (Paperback)
I got some good information out of this book once I got to the journaling/exercises. Until then it really made me feel like I was going to screw up my kids and that everything I said or did was going to be either too pressure-inducing for them or too unsupportive! I almost quit reading just because it made me feel bad, but I kept going. I kept telling myself that it couldn't be all THAT bad...and as I said, the journaling/exercises were helpful.
I also thought it was very repetative. The same thing was said over and over in about 20 different ways..."you really MUST examine your feelings." Anyway...I don't think I would recommend the book EXCEPT for the journaling/exercises in the last section.
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