What Sports Parents are Really Yelling At w/Jonathan Carone

You've been the parent yelling. Or you've been the parent watching the parent yelling and thinking thank God that's not me, also it's kind of me sometimes. That's where Jonathan Carone started Healthy Sports Parents — standing on a sideline watching a dad reduce his nine-year-old to tears, feeling sympathy for the girl and empathy for the dad. Eighteen months and 100K+ Instagram followers later, Jonathan joins Chad and Craig to talk about the part of youth sports nobody puts on a brochure: the way it holds a mirror up to the parts of you that haven't been processed. The pride that swells when your kid scores. The rage that flashes when they jog. The 13-year-old running at your kid in a corner kick, who somehow turns into the kid who slammed you into a wall in 1999. We go places this conversation usually doesn't: Why the dads who knew the game best left rec league — and why that left Jim the Accountant coaching your eight-year-old off YouTube tutorials The "self-love and self-glory" framework Jonathan teaches in module one of his course — and why it explains every parent meltdown you've ever witnessed The middle-school cliff that nobody talks about (top 10 of 300 kids make the team — what about the other 290?) The Let Kids Play Act, private equity vs. venture capital in youth sports, and the line between earning a living and preying on parents' fears Why Jonathan's book agent told him the parents who need his book most won't be the ones who buy it The honest conversation about money: Healthy Sports Parents is a $16K-this-year side hustle. He's figuring it out in real time. Chad's daughter on a winning team who came to him and said "this isn't fun anymore" — and what they did next If you're staring down summer camps, all-star season, club renewals, or just one more Saturday tournament — this is the one to listen to before the games start. Jonathan Carone is the creator of Healthy Sports Parents — a podcast, social platform, and forthcoming book (Fall 2027) helping parents raise great humans through youth sports. Find him at http://healthysportsparents.com and   / healthysportsparents   on Instagram.