I can relate to the parental stress. As I type this, my 15 year old is a few miles away at his real first showcase experience. I stayed for a while to listen in on the parent meeting, but I really want him to be able to do this stuff on his own so I headed in to work. I am a bundle of nerves. I want to watch every minute and know how he's doing, but I also know that's not a very healthy attitude. So, I sit and wonder. Hopefully, I can concentrate, but I'm on here, so maybe not.
I know he's having fun. He's doing what he loves and he's meeting new people. We were talking the other day about whether the high school is going to have a fall ball team this year. Hi piped up and said he wants to play fall ball, even if we have to find a team. As long as that's his attitude, then I know he's having fun and doing what he loves. The rest is all stress that I am creating myself.