Hi everyone, I have something I need a bit of advice on regarding my 13 year old daughter. So, my daughter has been playing netball since she was 9. For the most part, she has really enjoyed it. Ability wise she stinks at it but that doesn’t matter to me, she tries her best, has fun and I really enjoy watching her play. However, this season her enjoyment for it has dropped drastically, and it’s translating into some self esteem issues away from the netball court. Essentially, my daughter is the worst player on her team. She’s got no coordination. Like I said, that’s fine by me, my job is to cheer her on and support her, not go on about how bad she is. However, somewhat tragically she overheard one of the other girls on her team saying “I hope (insert daughter’s name) quits. We always lose because of her!” which completely destroyed any sort of confidence and enjoyment she had. Another problem is, a few weeks ago she got sick during the week and missed the game on the weekend. Her team proceeded to blow out the other team and get their only win so far this season, and it has made her feel responsible for all of her team’s losses. This confidence drop has also translated to life outside of netball. She used to be the kind of girl that’s always open to try new things and will always put her hand up in class even if she thinks she’ll get the answer wrong. Now, that’s gone. She still seems relatively content with life, but this confidence and self esteem drop has taken a toll on her. I feel really bad for her too because she tries so hard at netball, she probably tries 10x harder than all the other girls combined. It’s just such a pity that one of the other girls spoke behind her back about wanting my daughter to quit doing what she loves just because she’s not very good at it. Any advice on how I can help her regain her once huge amount of confidence? I’ve been doing my best to support her and tell her that the girl was disrespectful and that my daughter should do her best to not listen to comments like that. I understand that it’s difficult for her to simply ignore it though, and that’s why I’m reaching out on here. So, any advice? Thank you ... View more