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How to Let Go of the Need for Approval

By Ilene Strauss Cohen — 2018

When we urgently aim to please other people, we’re seeking approval of self from outside sources. And whenever we reach for something in the outside world to give us what we should be giving ourselves, we set ourselves up for disappointment.

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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"My Parents Don't Support Me As An Artist"

DISCLAIMER: This vid...feels risky. I'm praying to god that this doesn't come off wrong--I am NOT at ALL trying to bash young artists, call anyone untalented, or discourage anyone from becoming an artist. My main point was that support comes from hard work, not the other way around.

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2017
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The Hovering Game: How to Change Helicopter Parenting Behaviour in Youth Sports

Parents today are fearful for their children. Fear of harm, fear of community (not keeping up with the Jones's), and fear of failure. These fears perpetuate helicopter parenting behaviour, in all of us! Yes, we have all demonstrated some level of over parenting behaviour.

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Shane Donen
2016
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Parental Pressure in Sport

Small clip highlighting the role some parents play in youth athletics, sometimes, to the detriment of the game.

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2014
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Lakers’ Jesse Mermuys: Here’s What Happens When Parents Remove Pressure from the Sidelines

Los Angeles Lakers Assistant Coach Jesse Mermuys describes how young athletes already put so much pressure on themselves to perform; let’s not add to it.

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2016
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Parents Who Pressure Their Sports Kids

In “Mental Training Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about sports parents who pressure their kids.

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2016
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Do Athletes Face Unnecessary Parent Pressure?

Are you putting too much pressure on your children to get a sports scholarship? That kind of pressure on kids doesn’t work very well.

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2011
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Mind of the Athlete: Overbearing Parent

Dr. Jarrod Spencer, Sports Psychologist at Mind of the Athlete, discusses the importance of not being an overbearing parent.

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2015
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Crazy Sports Parents: Marv Marinovich

I know we have all watched parents, who are over the top crazy for their kids in sports, but the story of NFL football player, Todd Marinovich and his Dad, Marv takes the cake.

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2011
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Don’t Be ‘that’ Sports Parent | On Parenting

Look up “out-of-control parent on sidelines” online and you’ll find hundreds of videos and stories of parental misbehavior at youth sports events. Here’s some advice for parents who want to be supportive without going viral.

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2015
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The Truth about Sports Parents

How kids really feel when their parents watch their games.

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2016
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