How to be a better sports parent today

By Karen Hardy
Updated April 18 2018 - 10:29pm, first published May 5 2012 - 3:00am

Let me admit, straight up, that I'm a borderline bad sports parent. Yes, I have been warned more than once by an umpire to step back from the sideline and shut my mouth. Yes, I have criticised my children's teammates, within earshot of my children. Yes, I have nagged my children all the way home from Chisholm or Amaroo, or some other far-flung corner of the earth, about their own less-than-perfect performance. Lock me up with Damir Dokic and throw away the key.

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