The Enquirer/Paul Dehner Jr.
SACRAMENTO, Cal. – I once knew well a kid whose dad flew to his son’s high school baseball games. Flew? The man was a helicopter parent before there were helicopter parents. The ‘copter would land in centerfield, just before the National Anthem. The kid shrank.
We do lots of unusual things for our children who play sports. It’s mostly well intended, even when it seems to be more about us than them. Love and devotion assume different forms. Judge them at your peril.
Which gets us to LaVar Ball and Renee Caupain.