{"id":30,"date":"2025-09-29T23:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:47:00","slug":"abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn&#8217;t go to their kids&#8217; sports practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a kid to <a data-linked-post=\"2637237619\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/the-coach-of-the-trapped-thai-soccer-players-is-being-called-a-hero-for-his-selfless-acts\" target=\"_blank\">soccer practice<\/a> is a good time for many of us to catch up on our <a data-linked-post=\"2637349869\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/this-former-child-actors-instagram-post-about-growing-up-is-on-point\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> feeds, read a good<a data-linked-post=\"2637252434\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/books-man-gotta-read-those-books\" target=\"_blank\"> book<\/a>, or sit in the car, where it\u2019s warm, and watch from the parking lot. Sure, it\u2019s great to see your kid run around and be active, but it\u2019s a lot more fun to see them play in a <a data-linked-post=\"2671015520\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/frugal-gamers-share-their-tips-for-video-gaming-on-a-budget\" target=\"_blank\">game<\/a> where something is at stake instead of running drills or playing Sharks and Minnows.<\/p>\n<p>For those who get a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.good.is\/never-struggle-with-small-talk\" target=\"_blank\">little bored<\/a> at their kid\u2019s practices, you will want to listen to the words of the great <a href=\"https:\/\/abbywambach.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Abby Wambach<\/u><\/a>: Don\u2019t go. <\/p>\n<p>Wambach is a retired soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, who was a regular in the U.S. women&#8217;s national soccer team from 2003 to 2015. In 2012, she was named the FIFA World Player of the Year. She shared her thoughts on a recent episode of her <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/welcome-to-the-party\/id1835504451\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Welcome to the Party<\/em> podcast<\/a> with co-host Rebecca Lowe from NBC\u2019s Premier League coverage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed embed-media\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DO9v_cUDPDM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DO9v_cUDPDM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DO9v_cUDPDM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Abby Wambach (@abbywambach)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The conversation began when Lowe admitted that she doesn\u2019t get to attend all of her child\u2019s games due to her job. \u201cI go to the practices because I don&#8217;t get to go to as many games as I would like. I probably go to one every four because I&#8217;m at work on the weekends,\u201d Lowe said. <\/p>\n<h2>Should parents attend their child\u2019s sports practice?<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cJust think about this. What is the purpose of practice? It&#8217;s not for the kid to look over their shoulder and make sure that their mom, dad, or parent is sitting on the sideline watching them. Practice is for free play for them,\u201d Wambach responded. \u201cThat there is nothing that\u2019s going to encumber them from trying something new&#8230;taking a risk, making a mistake, trying something, being successful. Because what we\u2019re then doing is, we\u2019re externalizing all of our motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-34675.png\" alt=\"soccer, girl soccer, soccer game, soccer ball, soccer field\" \/><figcaption>Some young children playing soccer.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Canva\/Photos<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>Wambach goes on to say that if a child is giving their all on the practice field to make their parents happy, it makes it more difficult for them to develop a more critical skill, having the self-determination and motivation to play for themselves. &#8220;\u2018Cause we want our kids to be self-starters and internally motivated. So if you&#8217;re at practice, it outsources that motivation,&#8221; Wambach said.<\/p>\n<h2>Give kids space and they&#8217;ll grow<\/h2>\n<p>Let Grow, a movement dedicated to giving children greater independence, agrees with Wambach\u2019s take on practice, suggesting that when children are allowed to practice without parents looking over their shoulders, they are more likely to develop a better relationship with their teammates and coaches. \u201cYet, by being there all the time, you\u2019re not giving your child a chance to really grow and develop that relationship with their coach and teammates. They\u2019re always watching you as you watch them,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/letgrow.org\/sports-parents-at-practice\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>the organization says<\/u><\/a>. \u201cIt might seem innocent enough to watch every practice, but it can also give coaches a nice break to not have to deal with the hovering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, next time your kid has to go to practice, consider giving them some space. By giving them room to take risks, make mistakes, and build stronger connections with their teammates and coach, you\u2019re helping them grow both on and off the field. Sometimes, the best support parents can give their child is knowing when to leave them alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What is the purpose of practice?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":187457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alternative_headline":"","alternative_description":"","alternative_featured_image":0,"rkv_announcement":{"visible":true},"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"partner_boost":false,"hide_partner_badge":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,329],"tags":[2333,2334,2335,2336,2337,2338,328,2339,2340,2341,2342,1664,2343,2344,2345,2346],"sponsor":[],"rkv-people-shadow":[215],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-parenting","tag-abby-wombach","tag-fifa-world-player","tag-free-play","tag-kids-games","tag-let-grow-movement","tag-national-soccer-hall","tag-parenting","tag-parents-sports","tag-parents-sports-practice","tag-podcasts","tag-soccer-practice","tag-sports","tag-sports-podcast","tag-stronger-connections","tag-trying-something-new","tag-welcome-to-the-party"],"edit_link":null,"apple_news_notices":[],"rkv_author":{"id":215,"name":"Tazreena Sajjad","display_name":"Tazreena Sajjad","first_name":"","last_name":"","nickname":"","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/","description":"","slug":"tazreena-sajjad","avatar_urls":[],"email":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn&#039;t go to their kids&#039; sports practices - QA Upworthy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn&#039;t go to their kids&#039; sports practices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;What is the purpose of practice?&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"QA Upworthy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-29T23:47:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tazreena Sajjad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tazreena Sajjad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danny Cohen\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#\/schema\/person\/00e013a2a0dd699bca424f4bfc4eea58\"},\"headline\":\"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn&#8217;t go to their kids&#8217; sports practices\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-29T23:47:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/\"},\"wordCount\":614,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"abby wombach\",\"fifa world player\",\"free play\",\"kids games\",\"let grow movement\",\"national soccer hall\",\"parenting\",\"parents sports\",\"parents sports practice\",\"podcasts\",\"soccer practice\",\"sports\",\"sports podcast\",\"stronger connections\",\"trying something new\",\"welcome to the party\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Family\",\"Parenting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/\",\"name\":\"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn't go to their kids' sports practices - QA Upworthy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-29T23:47:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#\/schema\/person\/00e013a2a0dd699bca424f4bfc4eea58\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"A girl practicing soccer and Abby Wambach.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn&#8217;t go to their kids&#8217; sports practices\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/\",\"name\":\"QA Upworthy\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#\/schema\/person\/00e013a2a0dd699bca424f4bfc4eea58\",\"name\":\"Danny Cohen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1468372248453c63aeb412a67b2114ad3f8dded96cc098314057339bf8fd787e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1468372248453c63aeb412a67b2114ad3f8dded96cc098314057339bf8fd787e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Danny Cohen\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn't go to their kids' sports practices - QA Upworthy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn't go to their kids' sports practices","og_description":"\"What is the purpose of practice?\"","og_url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/","og_site_name":"QA Upworthy","article_published_time":"2025-09-29T23:47:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tazreena Sajjad","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tazreena Sajjad","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/"},"author":{"name":"Danny Cohen","@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#\/schema\/person\/00e013a2a0dd699bca424f4bfc4eea58"},"headline":"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn&#8217;t go to their kids&#8217; sports practices","datePublished":"2025-09-29T23:47:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/"},"wordCount":614,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg","keywords":["abby wombach","fifa world player","free play","kids games","let grow movement","national soccer hall","parenting","parents sports","parents sports practice","podcasts","soccer practice","sports","sports podcast","stronger connections","trying something new","welcome to the party"],"articleSection":["Family","Parenting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/","name":"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn't go to their kids' sports practices - QA Upworthy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-29T23:47:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#\/schema\/person\/00e013a2a0dd699bca424f4bfc4eea58"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg","width":900,"height":600,"caption":"A girl practicing soccer and Abby Wambach."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/29\/abby-wambach-passionately-believes-that-parents-shouldn-t-go-to-their-kids-sports-practices\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Abby Wambach passionately explains why parents shouldn&#8217;t go to their kids&#8217; sports practices"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#website","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/","name":"QA Upworthy","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#\/schema\/person\/00e013a2a0dd699bca424f4bfc4eea58","name":"Danny Cohen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1468372248453c63aeb412a67b2114ad3f8dded96cc098314057339bf8fd787e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1468372248453c63aeb412a67b2114ad3f8dded96cc098314057339bf8fd787e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Danny Cohen"},"url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77945.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"rkv-people-shadow","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rkv-people-shadow?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}