To Monica: It behooves you to spend some time with a mental health professional, to understand your own behavior and a family therapist so that you learn to be a much better parent. . A parent who is 'overly invested' in a child's sport is likely to be an abusive parent--especially if the child no longer wants to participate in the sport and she is doing it to please you.. If she is engaging in the sport to please you, it's high time for her to be allowed to quit.. That's what's in her best interest. Let her choose another activity that she might enjoy.
To Monica: It behooves you to spend some time with a mental health professional, to understand your own behavior and a family therapist so that you learn to be a much better parent. . A parent who is 'overly invested' in a child's sport is likely to be an abusive parent--especially if the child no longer wants to participate in the sport and she is doing it to please you.. If she is engaging in the sport to please you, it's high time for her to be allowed to quit.. That's what's in her best interest. Let her choose another activity that she might enjoy.