“The Schedule Has Been Tough But We Think It's Worth It”: The Joys, Challenges, and Recommendations of Youth Sport Parents

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Parents in youth sport: what happens after the game? (2017, result): “This is consistent with claims that parents and children do not share a common understanding of parental roles in youth sport (Kanters, Bocarro, & Casper, 2008), which arguably results in unintentional, yet inappropriate forms of parental behaviour (Knight & Holt, 2014; Wiersma & Fifer, 2008).”
A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport (2013, background): “Similarly, in a qualitative study of focus groups of parents of young people participating in sport, social factors as well as life skills and self-concept were stated as benefits of participation [45].”
Parenting experiences in elite youth football: a phenomenological study (2014, background): “In one of the few studies that cite giving parents a voice in the purpose of their 56 research, Wiersma and Fifer (2008) held focus group interviews to understand parental 57 involvement in youth sport from the parent’s perspective.”
Parenting in youth sport: A position paper on parenting expertise. (2015, background): “3 Research has highlighted the value of parents being friends with or supportive of 4 other parents (Knight & Holt, 2013a, 2013b), as well as benefitting from opportunities to 5 socialize with other parents (Dorsch et al., 2009; Wiersma & Fifer, 2008).”