Just read a bit of the thread but to tell you the truth sometimes telling kids that they are horrible will help them improve their skills. I get really ticked off when parents are at sport games and say "thats alright" or "nice effort", screw that, that won't make them get better that will make them think they are doing it right. For me if someone says I'm garbage at something it just makes me want to prove them wrong and I work 10 times harder to learn it and to perfect it just to show them up. Just my 2 cents though
