I Love You...(But You Should Have Won!): A Guidebook For Parents With Children Who Play Sports

I Love You…(But You Should Have Won!) is an exceptionally well-written book that is intended to help parents better love and support their sports-playing child. Each chapter is practical and clear and addresses a specific aspect of parenting as it pertains to youth sports. This book will help you understand the differences in “competitive wiring” between family members and the problems these differences can cause if left unchecked. Ideas and strategies for strengthening relationships between parents and children are also included and each chapter concludes with a short set of questions for the reader to thoughtfully consider. Through relatable anecdotes and examples taken from more than twenty years as a professor, coach and parent, the author leads the reader through a journey of personal reflection. This journey is likely to result in a better experience for the child athlete as well as for the child’s parent. It also provides the foundation for strengthening the overall parent/child relationship and establishing a bond that will last long after the last game has been played. I Love You...(But You Should Have Won!) is engaging, thoughtful, needed and timely. It has been endorsed by Brad Gilbert (ESPN Analyst), Jon Wertheim (Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated), Wayne Bryan (Author and father of world’s #1 ranked tennis doubles team-twins Bob and Mike Bryan), Bobby Baylis (Notre Dame Men’s Tennis Coach and Two-time National Coach of the Year) and others. If you are a parent of a sports-playing child, this book is definitely for you.