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A post-game ritual only does its job if it's unconditional. The moment it becomes a reward, it turns into a scoreboard with sprinkles on it.
The good days set the exchange rate for the bad ones. Whatever you let a shutout mean, a nine-three is going to mean the opposite.
Most of the time it's a bad Tuesday wearing a big word. Sometimes it's real. Here's how to tell the difference without deciding it for him.
The Game You're Still Mad About
Your own frustration is the part of goalie parenting nobody writes about, and it leaks. Here's where it comes from and what to do with it before Tuesday.
It'll happen, probably more than once, and the instinct to fix it fast is the one to resist. What it usually means at each age, and what actually helps.
The Two Minutes Before You Drop Him Off
Everyone worries about the drive home. The drive in is the one you can actually steer, and it asks almost nothing of you.