Asking the Parents

A continuation from Asking the Kids

Continuing my research on soccer development in the United States, I wanted to dig deeper and this time ask the parents several question. After practice I decided to speak with several parents and ask them; “Do you believe your son has a passion for soccer?” Most of the parents seemed surprised when I asked this question, this was because they strongly believed that their daughters enjoyed playing soccer. However, these same parents where the same ones that previously their daughters said that their parents made them play soccer. This really caught my attention since there seems to be an incredible misunderstanding between the kids and the parents. Most of the parents I spoke to didn’t really understand how soccer worked or have never seen or played the sport. This is bizarre because typically parents want their kids to play a sport they used to play, but this wasn’t the case. After speaking with many of the parents I came to the conclusion that most of the kids that play soccer in the United States are forced by their parents because the sport has become so popular that everybody wants to play it regardless of their passion towards the sport.