Hunter Mullin

Tulsa Nationals- I walk by a dad… “I didn’t fly all the way to Oklahoma for you to wrestle like this.” If your statement starts with I ….you’re making it about you. If your kid isn’t showing gratitude for the opportunity I get it. If your kid lost or didn’t wrestle how you expected and your statement is “I spent all this money, I spent all the time…..” You’re making it about you. What happened to the memories you made? The time you had with your child. This weekend I had one on one time with my boys. They got time being a kid playing games with close friends. They had the opportunity to travel and I had the opportunity to give them that. That is what I’ve worked for….the opportunity to take my child places and let them grow from their experiences. Your child’s results do not reflect your parenting, but their character does. Let me tell you what you are reinforcing to your child: Good Performance = love and attention Bad Performance = time wasted together You’re going to end up with a child who resents you and this sport. We are all guilty of holding something over our children. What I’ve found as a once performance driven child is that I struggled as an adult not equating my worth to what I had to offer others by my performance. Kids can be held to expectations on the mat without equating their worth and your time to their results. – at Tulsa, OK