Took my daughter golfing the other day and told her on 17 that if she hit the green, I’d take her for ice cream. I do this regularly whenever we play so she tries a little harder as she tends to get too hard on herself after bad shots, gets discouraged, and then doesn’t enjoy the game.

To the parents out there, you guys ever do this? Any downsides? She enjoys the game but not as much as me and my wife do so it’s kind of a bummer when she doesn’t want to join us.

I should also mention that when she initially got into golf, she enjoyed it and progressed so much that I signed her up for the local US Kids tourneys which she hated because she was comparing herself to other girls who are shooting -4 thru 9 holes (in the 5-7yo bracket.. pretty crazy). I basically ended it there to get her to just enjoy playing for fun and now she’ll occasionally join me and my buddies and we’ll do 2v2 matches with $$ on the line. Last time she and I beat my buddies and she used her winnings on Pokémon cards haha.