Little League, Big Message
We happened upon this new MassMutual ad recently, which features the father of a little leaguer in the stands 'supporting" a child while he's at bat. His words of encouragement, after the boy's mother says "you got this!" is to reassure him that even if he doesn't "he's got other options."
It reminded us of a conversation we had recently with Jon Solomon, Editorial Director, Sports & Society Program at the Aspen Institute about his perspective on youth sports from a parenting perspective. “I never think I was an overbearing parent, but I now know what good looks like in youth sports and how to speak up and feel empowered to which I think is one of the challenges for parents."
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