It’s just a game!

Perhaps the idea of banning parents from the stands has some merit after all.

Here’s another case of a parent who is missing the point about youth sports and the true meaning of participation.

Perhaps the Hockey Canada commercial (above) about parental pressure could be forwarded to Nebraska it seems like it might be worth a viewing or two!

Soccer mom who left her teen alongside interstate ticketed for neglect: police

Published: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 | 1:03 PM ET
Canadian Press

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - An angry soccer mom who left her teenage daughter alongside an interstate was ticketed for neglect, Lincoln police said Tuesday.

Police spokeswoman Katherine Finnell confirmed this account from police reports:
The 42-year-old Lincoln mom was miffed about her daughter's poor play on Saturday.

On their drive home the girl flubbed the lines her mom had drilled into her on how to improve her game, so the mother slapped her daughter.

The girl told her mom to pull over. The mom did, near the downtown Lincoln exit off Interstate 80.

The mom yelled at the girl to get out. When she did, her mom drove off.

A teammate's parent spotted the girl alongside the interstate, stopped to pick her up, then took her to their home and called police.