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I know high school sports can be competitive, but this is ridiculous. Some Nebraska mom slapped her teenage daughter, and then stranded her by the side of the highway -- all because of a disappointing performance in a soccer game.
Fortunately, a teammate's parent saw the girl wandering along the interstate, picked her up, and had the good sense to call the cops. (The offending mom was then ticketed for neglect.)
Is this what I have to look forward to if my daughter gets into sports? The high school I attended had an academic focus, and a very relaxed attitude toward extra-curricular activities -- including sports -- but I remember the constant stress my younger sister was under during her athletic experience at a more traditional public school. Obsessive practice schedules, team politics, squabbling amongst parents -- and we're not talking about young women who were going pro. This was a small, suburban school with an athletic program that was average -- at best. I can only imagine what it's like with the possibility of college scholarships or professional careers hanging in the balance.
But seriously, what sane person gets this worked up over high school soccer?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
4-18-2007 @ 1:42PM
NYCLatinLefty said...I feel sorry for this teenage girl. Her mother is turning an experience that should be a positive and fun memory for her daughter into a nightmare. I especially feel bad for the girl when she got home.
Can you imagine how her Mother treated her, after the police left & gave her a ticket for neglect???
Someone should have called the Dept for Child Services and reported the Mother for endangering the welfare of a minor. That way the Mother will be monitored and possibly be forced to attend some form of counseling.
Unfortunately, a large number of small communities put enormous emphasis on sports. The Parents, School Administration, Community Members become so involved in the school obtaining a title and/or maintaining a title, that academics get thrown to the side.
If the teenage girl happens to run for school council or a cheerleader position all the other parents -- especially the parents of a rival -- better watch out.
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4-18-2007 @ 4:03PM
SKL said...I have a strong feeling that what we have heard is only the girl's side of the story. What is she going to say, "I cussed my mother out for the 99th time, and disrespected her so badly that I'm lucky she just kicked me out of the car instead of breaking both of my legs"?
Maybe the mom just needed to cool off and was planning on coming back around to pick her daughter up later.
Teens are not as helpless nor as innocent as they are sometimes portrayed by the media.
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4-19-2007 @ 9:29AM
Ann Adams said...She didn't leave that girl on a safe street to drive around the block and cool off. She left her on the shoulder of I80.
I don't care what her daughter did or didn't do. Unless she was trying to set the car on fire, the discipline could have waited for a safer and more appropriate time and place.
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