Parenting Tips from Recovery Pros: A Heartfelt Q&A

It's all about how you present it, Blue. I mean, yes, as dads, we want our kids to do great. You know what I've kind of been doing lately as a coach too, is instead of like going straight to coaching and doing it, I'll ask them. So, you know, if that game gets brought up, I'm going to be like, Hey, Oh man, that was fun, man. Some great plays. I said, um, and then after the positive, so what do you think you could have done even better in the game? Yeah. And they go, oh, man, did you see that error I made in this, this? And I'll be like, yeah, talk me through it. And you coach them through it that way, not screaming and yelling at them. I cannot stand a coach who says, catch the damn ball. Hey, guess what? He was says, catch the damn ball. Hey, guess what? He was trying to catch the ball. Everybody knows he was trying to catch the ball, right? So maybe say, hey, why do you think you dropped that ball? Did the sun get in your eyes? You know, like, talk to me about it. And then they coach themselves. And a light clicks. And instead of shutting down because dad's ripping me for the air again, I'm learning. And I'm doing some self-coaching of how I could get better. And my dad is just guiding me through the process.