Melanie Bedard's son has been the most famous teenager in Canada for years now. Her son will be one of the most recognizable people in one of America’s largest cities. How does a parent handle that?
Helpless on the sidelines, you’re dying inside. As a parent, you feel a fundamental need for your child to succeed in anything and everything. It’s a biological imperative. Not because you need the validation, but because you wanther to believe in herself. To feel good about herself. To be happy. It’s the only thing that truly matters. Yes, deep down, you know that failure is the best teacher, but you can’t bear to see her experience it. To feel it. To know it.
’s mom, too. Only her son has been the most famous teenager in Canada for years now. Her son will be one of the most recognizable people in one of America’s largest cities, young and rich and on his own in the age of social media. Her son will be playing on national television in two countries. Her son, who was a literal child until he
“I just know there’s nothing else he’d rather be doing,” Melanie Bedard said. “This is what he loves. Whether it’s shooting pucks in the backyard, getting together for three-on-three every Sunday, playing inline hockey — he just has so much fun. That’s so great to see. Especially in the position he’s been in, where it could just be overwhelming.
“As a parent, even watching the playoffs, there were a couple of times Tom and I would look at each other — you see that level, the speed, the physicality, and as a mom, you worry,” Melanie said. “Even just standing at the rinks, whether it’s at the world juniors or Regina or on the road in the WHL, people come to the games when Connor’s playing and they’re sort of expecting something amazing every time. Being in the stands, I do feel a bit of that pressure for him.
That first puck drop in Pittsburgh on Oct. 10 will be like nothing they’ve ever known, yet like everything every parent has ever known. But in many ways, watching Madisen compete was even harder than watching Connor compete. There’s no hiding in an individual sport.“You can’t compare the two sports,” Melanie said. “And Connor would say that to Madi about gymnastics. ‘You train for 30 hours, then you have six minutes and if you stumble on beam, that’s it. I have my teammates to bail me out. I make so many mistakes every game, but I have my teammates to bail me out. You don’t.’ I think watching her really helped.
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