Canopy mom - WWYD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm PP and OP, I thought Canopy Mom was a new dcum term for Helicopter Mom!


It might just be! Anyway, you made this soccer mom LOL.

Ditto! Canopy Mom sounds like a total pain.

Both sound like asses.

Seriously, your little feelings are hurt over this? She huffed about in the moment and probably has forgot about it, meanwhile you created an entire thread about the "incident".

I'm thinking both are tools but the poster is the bigger tool in all of this.

[Anonymous]

Didn't the parents want a canopy too? It was SO hot on Sunday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't the parents want a canopy too? It was SO hot on Sunday.

I was sure happy when one of our parents setup a canopy for us to watch the game Sunday.

[Anonymous]

The team manager needs to assign a family responsible for being the canopy LoL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The team manager needs to assign a family responsible for being the canopy LoL

ASA makes scheduling a canopy rotation a requirement for team managers

[Anonymous]

Clearly she did not handle it appropriately but maybe she was having a bad day. Your husband could have offered to carry hers back to her car as well. Anyway I would just brush it off and be cordial the next time you see her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mom of an ecnl player. Canopy is huge and a great thing to have. It is much hotter in turf and kids benefit greatly. We have had the extra canopy come up and you just make it work for parents. This should not be an argument at all. I would nip this in the bud ASAP or you will have a longggg year and it is still September. Team manager should handle with a group email.

Can you explain why you introduced yourself as "mom of an ECNL player"? Does this mean your opinion should matter more? I'm not saying I disagree with your post, I just don't get the introduction. Thanks

Maybe the OP wanted to indicate that there are ahole parents at every level.

Or that she's experienced in the travel soccer world having done it for years and years to get her DC to that level.

[Anonymous]

The correct term is Equipment Manager. (As it for my team, I always bring two canopies, the team bag, and the team bench to each game.)

As any fool should know, the term Canopy Mom is derogatory and Canopy Mom reacted appropriately to this slur.


(This has got to be one of the stupidest threads on DCUM in a while, and that is saying something.)

[Anonymous]

I wonder is she reads this forum?

[Anonymous]

To be The Best Parent you have to provide the most. It's all about being seen and recognized as doing more. Oh, and then getting to complain that, "some of us, do it all" It's like having the bigger minivan. The family with the bigger minivan - or, the family who sets up the canopy, is the family who cares the most, they are the best family.