Arlington Magazine expose’ on parents and sports, 2012: “Parents Gone Wild”

When Mike Miranda’s youngest child, Michael, showed a serious interest in hockey at an early age, Miranda did everything he could to support his son’s passion. He researched the area’s top hockey programs; developed an off-ice workout for Michael; and signed him up for private skating lessons with Wendy Marco, one of the country’s top skating instructors.

The problem was, Miranda wouldn’t let Marco and the other coaches do their job. Instead, during lessons, he screamed through the Plexiglas when he thought his son was “goofing off,” not hustling, or making mental errors.

“I would look at Michael and think that he could be doing so much better,” Miranda says, “and it would drive me crazy.”