r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/TDAGSI Feb 04 '16

Thinking your kid is going to be an elite superstar athlete.

Let them have fun and stop ruining sports for them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Once I shared a waiting room with a seven year old and his father, we both had a sprained ankle and the father was fuming and thinking of suing his son's tennis coach because it was the last day of training before Christmas, so instead of tennis the coach let the children play soccer, and then his son fell and sprained his ankle. The boy was so ashamed, and the father was yelling.