Sports parents

Parents should allow their children to play sports for enjoyment, exercise, and for the love of the game.        I have coached many teams growing up in many different sports; baseball, soccer and, basketball. Youth sports are more popular than ever. I have found that it starts when the child is younger the parent usually pushed them as an attempt to make their son or daughter the best out there. In reality it usually just end up making the child not wanting to play the sport and getting sick of it. .  It seems that some parents carry their support too far, by emphasizing winning rather than developing skills and having fun at a young age.
 My parents went to every game that they every played in and would give me advice but they would never take it that far where they would scream and try and disrupt another child on the other team. For example I used to coach 7-8 grade basketball and my team was winning with 10 seconds left by 3 points and someone on the other team tried calling a timeout when they didn't have full possession of the ball so the referee didn't grant them the time out. The child's dad ran onto the court and started screaming at the referee because his sons team had to foul and ended up losing the game. As a parent I will always be there for my son or daughter and push them to make them the best they can be but i would never take it to that extent and put my child in harms way due to injury. Another team I played on for soccer we were in the semi-finals and our goalie dove and landed on his hand awkwardly and broke his wrist, we ended up winning the game and his father tried to make him play in the championship which was a day after. Meanwhile the poor kid couldn't even put the goalie glove over his cast.
Parents need to keep in mind that there are good ways to encourage your child and reduce the anxiety they may have about playing a sport. Having your child play a sport at a young age is a great way for them to make friends and develop a good sense for social skills.  It is good for children to work on their communication skills at a young age and sports are a great way to do it.
   

Educational experience as a Rec leader

During my last four summers I have had the pleasure of being a recreation leader. This job is very fun for someone who loves working with kids such as myself. I work with kids from the ages of 8-16, so the age difference is very big. I am at a park with mostly what they call the "troubled kids" these kids are known to have attitudes, to talk back and not to listen. My first year in working with these children i didn't really think much of it and now as the summers go by i start to look at it from a teachers standpoint. Most of them are good kids deep down they just seek attention from somebody older and they love getting the reactions from their peers. However after my first year i formed a good relationship with the children and they really listen to me and take my word for things. It is a very good program to keep kids busy from 8:30-1:30 during the summer days. It is a 3 month job and it is a city job so the tax payers and parents like to see it being done right and thats how I like to think I run my playground. I have had many people come up to work with me at the playground but after each year i get assigned somebody else mainly because they don't know how to get through to these kids. Going into next summer will be my 5th straight summer there and I couldn't be happier and wish for many more to come.

What brought me to SNHU

I went to visit my sophomore year of high school when my older cousin was looking at colleges. I loved it from the second I stepped on campus it just felt so homely. Everyone was so nice and greeting, holding doors for everyone. Most of the people on the tour seemed like they felt at home to. I actually met my first roommate that I lived with for two years on my second tour. I have always thought about being a teacher, and when I first came to SNHU I started to explore other fields to see if teaching was what I wanted to stick with and I loved the other classes and highly considered some but I knew deep down I wanted to stick with education.