Abusive coach on kids t-ball team

[Anonymous]

We are a coaching family and intentionally have another parent or coach work with our kids during practice. Kids are crappy to their parents in a way that they aren’t to other adults, and vice versa.

I’ve seen my own little drama queen (I love him, but he is what he is) do some unsafe and dangerous behavior to get our attention when we’re working with other kids, and yes, he will sometimes cry when called out and corrected because kindergarteners cry in those situations. We’re not abusive, but we also don’t believe in “gentle parenting” when there are metal bats involved. Hurt bodies are more important to prevent than hurt feelings.

For t-ball, every parent who is physically able and not watching younger children should be helping out. I don’t care that you didn’t pay the fee - t-ball coaching is as much a team sport as t-ball playing. Get up and offer to help run drills for the coach’s kid. At a minimum you will spare yourself the discomfort, and maybe you will get some perspective on how much patience it takes to coach young children in a positive way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a coaching family and intentionally have another parent or coach work with our kids during practice. Kids are crappy to their parents in a way that they aren’t to other adults, and vice versa.

I’ve seen my own little drama queen (I love him, but he is what he is) do some unsafe and dangerous behavior to get our attention when we’re working with other kids, and yes, he will sometimes cry when called out and corrected because kindergarteners cry in those situations. We’re not abusive, but we also don’t believe in “gentle parenting” when there are metal bats involved. Hurt bodies are more important to prevent than hurt feelings.

For t-ball, every parent who is physically able and not watching younger children should be helping out. I don’t care that you didn’t pay the fee - t-ball coaching is as much a team sport as t-ball playing. Get up and offer to help run drills for the coach’s kid. At a minimum you will spare yourself the discomfort, and maybe you will get some perspective on how much patience it takes to coach young children in a positive way.

+ and meant to add, if after you stepping in you’re still hearing what sounds like abuse, flag it for the league.