It is hard to believe that my role as a parent has changed in my daughters life. She will be eighteen soon and will be in the category of young adult...although in my eyes she is still my little girl. We made the transition from parenting i.e. training, instructing to coaching i.e. supporting many years ago which has been a learning process for us. For so long we have been in the directive role with our parenting. The toughest part about coaching is giving up control and allowing your growing child to make decisions based upon their training they received in their early years. Well I have to say, I am very proud of the beautiful young lady my daughter has become. She has the world in front of her and her coach behind her...go get'em kid!