Nowadays, do parents encourage children to do sports as they did ten years ago? Is sports still considered to have a positive effect on a child's behaviour? Sports still has a major impact on society in general, and on young athletes as well which are prepared for life through sports. As a multidimensional term, sports leave us with the possibility to adjust the meaning of 'sport' to themselves and their needs. Moreover, it opens new possibilities to children who have trouble fitting in at school or in their peer group. In sports, no matter how diverse a group, children always have the same interest – the sports which they are doing. Today the practice is to include a child in sports as soon as possible, which entails a parental involvement in a sports activity. Considering the fact that child-athletes are dependent on parental involvement, at least in a financial sense, we encounter a 'problem' called the parent-coach relationship. This thesis will show the experience of parents, coaches and athletes in general regarding upbringing, relationships in sports and parental involvement in a child's sport. Finally, this thesis wishes to emphasis the way the relationship between a parent and a coach reflects on a child-athletes development.