Scott Jackson played Division I baseball and has been a coach at the D-I level since the year 2000, including eight years as a head coach. In this conversation, we talk with him about balancing our own competitiveness with supporting our kids, establishing non-negotiable for your athletes, and how to juggle multi-sport athletes. And we get a little nostalgic about rec league concession stand hot dogs.

3:42 - Balancing your own competitiveness with supporting your kid

5:53 - Navigating the car ride home

8:14 - Establishing non-negotiable for your athletes

10:07 - What to do when your kid doesn’t play the sport you want them to play

12:13 - Balancing multi-sport athletes

17:20 - When should kids start specializing?

22:28 - Shifting from “wanting to play with friends” to “want to get better”

25:14 - The beauty (and gift) of rec league sports

30:10 - We have to avoid controlling the outcomes for our kids and let them experience failure

31:56- An encouragement for parents trying to figure it all out

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Creating space for your kids to grow (with Scott Jackson, UNC Baseball)