| Most people have no idea who invented soccer | | | | play amongst friends instead of the streets. |
| but the have that person in the back of their | | | | |
| minds every time their child scores a goal. | | | | Parents know that their children have truly |
| Other parents think about that person when | | | | grown both physically and emotionally during |
| their child gets an excellent rating on their | | | | this soccer season. Their minds are sharper |
| physical fitness exam. Parents thank the | | | | because of the amount of mental energy that |
| creator of soccer every time the rules are | | | | is required to play this competitive sport. |
| recited by fans to referees during the game | | | | They have also noticed that when the soccer |
| because it is good indicator to let them know | | | | player is at home, he is no longer content to |
| that they memory is fully intact. | | | | sit still in their bedroom alone playing |
| | | | video games for hours on end. |
| Many parents do not care how the rules were | | | | |
| made up. They do care about whether their | | | | What they see everyday at home is a beautiful |
| child follows those rules to the last detail | | | | sight. They see a child who has untapped |
| when they are active on the playing field and | | | | energy resources and a new vigor that they |
| the goal they just scored is in question. | | | | have not witnessed in many years. This |
| There are many times when the parents think | | | | unforgettable energy is replenished every |
| about the way things might have been if | | | | time they play in a soccer game and the |
| soccer had never been created. Then they dash | | | | charged up attitudes that come from a game of |
| that thought and are thankful that their | | | | soccer are positive in all respects and they |
| child has been kept busy enough to not become | | | | have also displayed a remarkable improvement |
| addicted to drugs or to become a member of a | | | | in the grades that they get in school. |
| gang. | | | | |
| | | | Parents are truly thankful that they enrolled |
| Playing soccer is a fun and exciting way to | | | | their child in a soccer sports program for |
| spend the day. If soccer did not exist then | | | | the summer. They know where their child will |
| children might not learn about competitive | | | | be during their gym class at school next |
| sports and how much fun that could be had | | | | year. Many schools are beginning to offer |
| playing it several times a week. Soccer also | | | | soccer as an intramural sport and the game of |
| offers some of the best entertainment options | | | | soccer is gaining just as much respect among |
| for a child, and parents are just thankful | | | | parents circles as football does during the |
| that the soccer game allows their children to | | | | school year. |