Toddler Soccer

Soccer games for me have included cheering for grandsons at the age of four and then one of those grandsons as a high school student. I became a spectator without knowing anything about soccer but, before the end of a senior season, I understood quite a bit about the game. At least I understood more than I will ever know about football.

There is a lot of disagreement about how young is too young to involve children in playing soccer. This week, I decided that I know when a child is old enough to play. It’s when Mommy does not have to take the child by the hand and point toward the ball while running down the field with him or her.

Yes, it does happen. I saw the picture with my own eyes of one toddler’s Mommy doing just that. This gives a whole new meaning to the designation, “Helicopter Mom."

I could not locate the picture of the helicopter soccer mom, but here is a great picture of a player for "The Diapers."

~ Picture from Suga & Shoc