FFC News: The Half Time Team Talk - For Parents
We received this via an introduction from Mike Harrison, Editor at The City Gent fanzine, Bradford City.
Parentline are an independent charity providing support to parents, and have put together the article below for use in Football Fanzines, Websites, Blogs, Forums and Message Boards around the country.
It is for universal use, because the aim is to let know Dads and Mums know that there is support available if they need it. Parentline are seeing a lot of families being hard hit by the recession on their call data.
Please feel free to distribute this as widely as possible throughout the football community. Many thanks for your support!
The Half Time Team Talk - For Parents
You can’t let your kids go through life enjoying themselves. You were probably brought to the match as a youngster and just think what you've had to suffer over the years? How many heart wrenching moments have you had to endure over a lifetime of following your chosen club? Bad refereeing decisions, late goals conceded, days when the team simply did not perform and terrible traffic queues after the game, you’ve seen them all.
So why do we decide so early on to inflict the same on our kids? It has to be for those moments you can’t match. A goal. A moment of pure footballing class from one of the players. A cup tie against one of the top sides. A last minute winner, with a goal out of nowhere, against a team we really, really don’t like. In it’s very essence football has the capability of lifting us to the highest of highs or the lowest of lows.
But, for every other day of the week, being a parent is bit like the frustration felt by a manager on the sidelines. You will see your kids failing to follow simple instructions, inexplicably losing possession to one another and player-manager bust ups will regularly have to be patched up. But unlike football management, no-one has prepared you with a coaching badge before you started the job. Who is there even to give you the dreaded vote of confidence?
You won’t be making new signings, and as a dad or a mum, you have to get the best out of the squad you’ve got. If your players are continuing to stray offside, there is help at hand with online support at www.parentlineplus.org.uk (an independent charity). If the team isn't performing, the hairdryer treatment can be counter productive, but knowing you need to adjust your tactics, you can confidentially ring 0808 800 2222 (free from landlines and most mobile networks).
Eventually, you might get elevated to Director of Football; while your kids go on to manage their own teams. They’ll still need your advice and support from time to time, even then. You’ll also then be able to smile as you see another generation at the match.
Here are some more links to useful web sites if you are ever at risk of ‘losing the dressing room’.
www.gotateenager.org.uk www.besomeonetotell.org.uk
Email support: parentsupport@parentlineplus.org.uk
Free* Parentline: 0808 800 2222
Free textphone for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment: 0800 783 6783
*Free from landlines and most mobile networks.
Parentline are an independent charity providing support to parents, and have put together the article below for use in Football Fanzines, Websites, Blogs, Forums and Message Boards around the country.
It is for universal use, because the aim is to let know Dads and Mums know that there is support available if they need it. Parentline are seeing a lot of families being hard hit by the recession on their call data.
Please feel free to distribute this as widely as possible throughout the football community. Many thanks for your support!
The Half Time Team Talk - For Parents
You can’t let your kids go through life enjoying themselves. You were probably brought to the match as a youngster and just think what you've had to suffer over the years? How many heart wrenching moments have you had to endure over a lifetime of following your chosen club? Bad refereeing decisions, late goals conceded, days when the team simply did not perform and terrible traffic queues after the game, you’ve seen them all.
So why do we decide so early on to inflict the same on our kids? It has to be for those moments you can’t match. A goal. A moment of pure footballing class from one of the players. A cup tie against one of the top sides. A last minute winner, with a goal out of nowhere, against a team we really, really don’t like. In it’s very essence football has the capability of lifting us to the highest of highs or the lowest of lows.
But, for every other day of the week, being a parent is bit like the frustration felt by a manager on the sidelines. You will see your kids failing to follow simple instructions, inexplicably losing possession to one another and player-manager bust ups will regularly have to be patched up. But unlike football management, no-one has prepared you with a coaching badge before you started the job. Who is there even to give you the dreaded vote of confidence?
You won’t be making new signings, and as a dad or a mum, you have to get the best out of the squad you’ve got. If your players are continuing to stray offside, there is help at hand with online support at www.parentlineplus.org.uk (an independent charity). If the team isn't performing, the hairdryer treatment can be counter productive, but knowing you need to adjust your tactics, you can confidentially ring 0808 800 2222 (free from landlines and most mobile networks).
Eventually, you might get elevated to Director of Football; while your kids go on to manage their own teams. They’ll still need your advice and support from time to time, even then. You’ll also then be able to smile as you see another generation at the match.
Here are some more links to useful web sites if you are ever at risk of ‘losing the dressing room’.
www.gotateenager.org.uk www.besomeonetotell.org.uk
Email support: parentsupport@parentlineplus.org.uk
Free* Parentline: 0808 800 2222
Free textphone for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment: 0800 783 6783
*Free from landlines and most mobile networks.
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