| No Images? Click here  On Friday, HuffPost held its first-ever parenting conference, How To Raise A Kid.Experts and participants talked at length about bullying, sex, screen time and raising self-sufficient, kind kids, (special shout out to Soul Cycle for the mindfulness sessions, too!) but before the day officially kicked off, HuffPost’s editor-in-chief, Lydia Polgreen, sat down with two-time Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach, and talked about her marriage, blending families and sports and kids.Wambach, who calls herself a “bonus” mom to her wife’s three kids from a previous marriage, talked about her youngest kids, both of whom play soccer. The star told the audience about the two important questions and the one reminder she offers after each of their games:“Two or three questions that I like to ask my kids when they come off the field [are] ‘Did you have fun?’ and ‘What was something that you learned that you’ve never learned before?’” she said. She added, “The third thing — it’s not a question — it’s an ‘I love you. I saw you working really hard, and I love you.’”It’s important, she noted, to let your kids know you’re there for them, no matter what, and to let them fail and learn from their mistakes, both on and off the field.“Part of what makes sports so beautiful and important for these children is the learning of failing — the learning of failing in the moment, the learning of failing at losing, the learning of failing around their peers, the learning of making the ultimate mistake that makes their team lose,” she said. “And what we parents don’t do well enough is let our kids fail, is let our kids fall down so that they can figure out how to pick themselves up.”Wambach may be the ultimate soccer mom, and she’s showing us how to take on the role with grace and meaning.If you were there or would like to attend a future event, please let me know what you’d like to see in a conference at katea@huffpost.com.
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