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Your kid loses it after mistakes. Here's what to try, in order.

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A child aged about 9 mid-meltdown on the sideline of a community football pitch after making a mistake, head in hands, a teammate looking on.

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Your kid misses an open goal at U8s. They burst into tears on the pitch. Your kid lets in a soft one at U11s and slams their boot into the post on the way off. Your kid sits in the back seat after a U13 game and refuses to speak for forty minutes.

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