We watch Forks over Knives and are shocked, we watch documentaries over the genocide and wonder about the brutality of humans, and then there is this movie. It is by far the most disgusting thing I've seen in a long time. These parents are monsters and their passive spouses enablers. Each and every one of these kids will end up on some therapist's couch later in life. They are the victims of the most abusive types of narcissists: fathers who use their children to elevate themselves, to validate themselves, and to compensate for their own insecurities. Their emotional involvement is only about themselves, hence, the anger and abuse once the 'tool', the child, does not comply and succeeds and who then call this 'love'. There is no kid that grew up under such circumstances that will not be messed up for life.None of these parents should be anywhere near a child and kudos to the makers of this film to expose these people for what they really are.

For me sport is fun, for me sport is about being competitive but after riding my bike it is about beating my previous PB or doing well, thats my achievement.For my daughter in swimming and yes dancing it is great to see her happy winning a trophy or being in the swim team, I say to her, be the best you can then you can never say you never tried.That is all we should ask of our kids but now the money is so much, any kid with a slight bit of talent is pushed and pushed. Very few make it and the stories of the failures (they are not to me) are common all over.Money is driving parents to look at the $$ signs and not what is best for their kid. A talented and determined kid will always come through, a bullied kid will fail. I look at Andy Murray, for sure his parents and esp Mum pushed him but it is clear he is a normal functioning guy with normal emotions. It is clear he was never pushed beyond what he wanted to do and he won.On this program these parents don't see beyond themselves and their own egos and wallets, That is all that matters to them, why have kids I ask ?

Just pathetic to see kids which is what they are brain washed by abusive parents.They are not preparing them for the harsh reality that not everyone who plays a sport is going to be a professional. The one dad of Justice is the most guilty one on here. You can tell his life just sucks and he's trying to somehow make his lame existence mean something by mentally and physically abusing his kid. What is wrong with parents? I went to a high school where the messed up parents would act like the same idiots on this show. It's like how sad are parents its not like every kid is some sort of sports star. And the one bragging how he's spent as much as two Lamborghinis on stuff to train his son. Then said the scholarship is the goal. I'm like wouldn't it have been easier to just pay for the school with the money you wasted on your kid for training that obviously didn't help if you have to spend that much.

This was a really hard one to rate as it's difficult to cut through the content, which is so disturbing. Whether preaching God or manhood, these parents completely lost the plot of life, which is our obligation to our children rather than some distorted obligation for them to validate us. Even the twins' mother, with her psychology background, over-thought and over-talked everything, completely ignorant of the fact that her kids have become numbed out -- ultimately, no better than the featured parents who are openly abusive to their children. Less than halfway in, I wondered how many of these kids would succumb to substance abuse or suicide. Ian's father was the only parent in whom I saw a glimmer of hope for redemption, but there seemed to be a decline towards the end. I did not find Coach Meier likable or sincere, but his words were correct -- this is abuse. Blaming a coach for your child's athletic "failure" (and Ian is far from a failure) teaches lack of personal responsibility, acceptance of reality and lack of acceptance of the child, no matter how they excel -- there is no pleasing these parents in the end. Amari's father even said as much -- he's proud of her but "can't" tell her. But you have to consider the source given he lamented that you can no longer beat children without being arrested. This documentary would serve well in custody suits, but in a few of these cases, the mothers are conspicuously absent. I suspect they are as repressed as the kids, but I can't muster up much sympathy for mothers who stand by while their kids are being tortured by men who have clearly never matured into reality.There was no child for whom I didn't feel strongly in this documentary, but Justus in particular struck me. I was (conditionally) relieved to hear that he left his father, but this kid can't catch a break. He was again cast into the responsibility role with his mother's illness, a woman who apparently has never put much thought into the fathers she has provided to her children. I hope that Justus will channel his sensitivity and life experience into a career that involves helping others. He is clearly suited for such a path in life, and I hope he comes to recognize sports as recreational and not a definition of manhood -- something his father certainly has distorted. I wish these kids all the best and that they can overcome their unfortunate parentage.