Youth sports culture has changed immensely over the past 30 years. We are seeing the "professionalization" of sport at almost every age. In order to get back to what makes youth sport so great, we need to start making changes. Parents play a large role in this whole equation. We need to acknowledge what we are doing wrong and start having the conversations about the changes that need to be made. In this article, written by myself, I will identify 5 issues, pertaining to parents, that are holding our youth sports culture back.