When you love the kid but hate the parent #coaching #comedy #clairbearskits

[cinderheartmeow]

They gained a bit of respect for each other for the level and intensity of insults they both exchanged. Parent just got KO’d by a gymnastics teacher.

[Supersmile]

Honestly, love the end of that sketch. They be shittalking /hard/ but when one goes to far, she apologizes, the apology is accepted and they move on with their life, not escalating

[goblinsinatrenchcoat]

I’m a taekwondo instructor and I have had a couple parents who are like this over the years. But not currently! I actually told one of the dads of a current student of mine to not compare him to others and, “we should encourage (child’s name) more than pointing out his flaws because he’ll be more motivated to improve and train harder. Let’s not discourage him, ” sometime last year, and he’s been way more supportive ever since!!
Sometimes parents need to be shown that compassion can go way farther than harsh criticism.

[gomi]

literally said 'damn' out loud at the exact same interval as the mom

[thatonecatgirl]

"Are the words 'I'm proud of you' just not in your vocabulary?" I'm so using this

[s.q.-e]

For all the vitriol it showed, when it went too far and the apology was given and accepted, it took a surprisingly wholesome and mature tone real fast. "Tell your daughter you're proud" "I will"

[latifx]

I remember my softball coach came to my house to convince me to go back on the team. He was talking to my dad when my stepmom started saying really nasty things to me from around the corner. Usually my parents hid their abuse but my coach cought a hint of it that day. He straight up said "You going to let her talk to your daughter that way?!" He was angry and shocked. My father just stood their and stammered, baffled by being called out. The irony was he was even worse than my stepmom but in that moment I felt such a relief to just have someone acknowledge and speak up for me. Everyone else in my community just pretended it wasn't happening or called me a liar. God bless coaches and teachers who actually care about their kids.

[alexismcpherson]

I grew up feeling ashamed of everything because a parent always thought I should do better. I was a good kid, I was (am) smart and kind. My kids are sweet, super smart, polite, and are always getting compliments from random people. I don’t immediately tell them how proud I am. I ask them if they feel proud of themselves because that’s important too. And then I reassure that we’re proud of them. Kids are so impressionable and they need that reinforcement. They need to know when they do well and they still need love when they make a poor choice. But they need to be proud of their accomplishments and not just seek approval too.

[misschanandlerbong]

Im a house cleaner and so many of my clients kids want to pitch in and help me and I think it’s so cute, I give them my natural all purpose cleaner and a cloth or a swiffer duster and tell them to see how dirty they can get it by dusting things around the house and try and encourage them and so many of my clients get mad or scold them for “bothering me.” Im always reassuring both of them that I love the help and think their kid is awesome ❤ give your kids self esteem! Encourage and reassure! It’s so easy to give kids confidence

[DaphodilSings]

This was so fucking perfect. The drama, the climax, the fucking home run hitter that demolished mom, the satisfying ending. I’ve watched this 4 times 😬😬😬

[songofphoenix]

Girl used vicious mockery for that last one

[AmandaGeyerSnobahr]

I'm so glad my mom wasn't like that when I was taking gymnastics as a kid. The only time she seemed judgy was when I was taking horseback riding lessons, because it was an activity in which she was intimately familiar, so she had the experience to comment on my progress... and even then, it wasn't dismissive.

[makeapennycry]

I helped one of my art students work on a fabulous art piece which took her all semester and utilized three different mediums. It was gorgeous and was on display in a public place for a while. When it was time for her to take it home, all her mom said was “ I can’t take it, I do t have the wall space.” I didn’t know what to say. We bought it from her ourselves at a price that paid her the compliment she deserved and she was honored it went to someone who valued it but unfortunately it was not her mom.

[sonicranger]

I freaking love how that ended. They were both having a bad day, and I think the mom gained a bit of perspective, while the teacher realized she was over-venting and properly apologized. Genuinely real, but in a good way.

[SpanishEmpire]

"Fuck you and I'll see you tomorrow"
Perfect description

[Billybushby]

I love this it's so funny its exactly how I want to act the sass the bad the empathy

[Just.a.mermaid]

Funny enough I actually begged my father to tell me he loved me ever since my mom left when I was 15. I just wanted to hear he’s proud of me being his daughter after trying to hard to help pick up the pieces after she left us. He keeps saying he can’t and he usually makes up an excuse I’m looking for someone to blame my problems on. The man can give me money whenever, but when I ask for a hug that’s the real struggle. Saddest thing is, I’m 25 and I still haven’t heard it. I probably never will.

[ameXkage]

Situations like these are exactly why I someday want to adopt or foster older kids. I think it’s never too late for someone who cares to step in and redirect the course of a person’s life.

[JohnSmith-dzdc]

As a youth minister, I won’t lie about having thoughts about having words with parents and sometimes did (even had to call the cops once). However, I always had to be careful in how to go about it.

I’ve had kids that told me about how going to my events were the only good part of their week. The last thing I wanted to do was have a parent bar their kid from coming due to my critique of their parenting. I needed to ask God for a lot of patience… and grace.

Worst part is when you’re friends with the parents. I once had a kid that suffered from really bad anxiety and the parents would tell me about not knowing why it was so bad. I wanted to yell at them; pointing out all the unachievable expectations they had for them that caused so much pressure on him. These parents were… different so I had to subtly suggest adjustments because Open parenting criticism was a conversation non-starter (really any convo with them was stepping on eggshells). I always made sure that kid was NEVER put into an expectation situation at my events. I wanted that kid to have one place where there was no pressure on him.

[BabyDoll-xxrk]

The mom went low, but the coach took her straight to hell😂😂😂😂😂