Boy, oh boy, do I ever agree with the sentiment below. Sad, but unfortunately true. In my 30 plus years of teaching, I have experienced the same way too many times.
From Mike Davidson in mirror.co.uk ('Fiona, you were right'): "I was a judo coach for 30 years and concluded that there are parents who will give their children anything but time. My judo club was a cheap babysitting service - very few parents stayed to encourage the children."
"One day I was talking to parents, when a lad came up, hugged my legs and said: 'I wish you were my dad'."
"I was the one giving him my time, attention and encouragement. His parents didn't have the time."
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Well, sometime martial trainer is like your own father. In Eastern culture, teacher of martial art is respected as much as student's parents.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with a truly dedicated teacher being like a father- or mother figure.
What is wrong is when you are *being* the parent.
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