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Are you living your missed dreams through your children?

In this essential episode, Coach Rodo confronts parents who live "vicariously" through their kids' sports careers, especially as the high school basketball season begins. Rodo argues that this behavior is not just about love; it’s about a parent’s own need for success, which often leads to poor coaching advice and emotional pressure.

The consequence? Rodo explains how this parental drive can make a child feel like a **failure**—not to society, but to their parents—because they didn't fulfill the parent's unachieved dreams.

Learn to step back, become the narrator, not the main character, and stop dimming your child's success. Your job is to help them avoid *missteps*, not to force them into *your* footsteps.

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(01:25) - What is Living Vicariously? Why parents project their unfulfilled dreams.
(02:20) - Love vs. Self-Love: When a child’s success becomes the parent’s success.
(03:00) - The Rodo Standard: "I f***ing hope so!" (Why your kid should be better than you).
(04:05) - Your Dream, Not Theirs: The danger of parents calling the coach about playing time.
(05:15) - The Failure Complex: How parents create a feeling of lifelong failure in their kids.
(06:20) - Wrong Advice: Telling a kid to run the play *your* way from the sidelines.
(08:35) - College Recruitment: Why parent behavior is often the #3 reason a kid isn't recruited.
(10:00) - Be the Narrator: How to truly help your child without being the "dimmer."
(11:05) - It’s Their Turn: Why your glory days are over.

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