existential crisis, take 10

If one more mother makes a "helpful" suggestion on how she would like her child to be coached, I may punch someone.

This general theme of annoyance (with the taut pull of arm muscles) made up most of March. Lately, it hasn't been the kids. It's the moms.

Here are my suggestions:

• Realize that sometimes, your kid has a bad meet and it's not the coach's fault;
• Realize that sometimes, your kid will have a good meet and still not win an award, though she placed 3rd (or whatever) last meet;
• Spend over a decade in the sport so that you can coach your own child, since obviously you already know so much.

Instead, I take out my aggression by reading Game of Thrones.