A mother was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her son.
Suddenly the boy bursts into the kitchen. He shouts, "Careful, careful - CAREFUL! Put in some more butter!"
" No, no no! You're cooking too many at once - TOO MANY!"
" Turn them! TURN THEM NOW!"
" We need more butter. Jeez! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER?"
" They're going to STICK! Careful...CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL Mom!"
" You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never!"
" Turn them! Hurry up! HURRY UP! FASTER!"
" What are you doing now?! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind?"
" Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them."
" Use the salt. USE THE SALT, THE SALT!"
The mother stared at him. "What's wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"

The son calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm trying to play soccer."

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Article written by Leah Wyar. Beauty Magazine, p.34 Good Questions|Health section, January/Febuary 2005.

Beauty - Smelly shoes article

Article written by Bill Pennington. It was taken from the NYTimes.com site at http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/sports/othersports/22overuse.html . To access the original article at the NYTimes.com site you will need to register for a FREE logon userid.

Injuries for Young Athletes

The Knowledgeable Spectator article was provided to us from a DSC board member. It is a Ref's perspective on soccer and parent etiquette. (The author is TBD. If you know who this person is, please let us know so we can add their credits here). Both html and MS Word format are below.

Knowledgeable Spectator

Article taken from http://terrace-brier.org/myths.htm (original taken from the Snohomish County News - Written by Dan Anderson, USSF)

Myths of the Game