What age did you stop staying for kids practices?
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Anonymous
| Why leave? It's fun chatting with the other parents. |
Anonymous
Lol. YMMV. |
Anonymous
This gets old fast as you have other kids you need to drive, practices are more frequent and later and you are tired after work. The answer is that it depends on the kid, your schedule and the carpool. We stayed with DS a lot longer because of fear of behavior, anxiety (his and ours) and sometimes DH was one of the coaches. By the time younger DD started playing, we had an older son we also had to drive and were juggling schedules and our work schedules and who could get them to all of these practices. We carpooled for her early, even with car seats. We stayed if it was too far to drive home or if there was nowhere close to run errands/work while the practice was going on. |
Anonymous
I have never seen a sports practice where there isn’t at least one other adult coach with their team very close by. And chances are at least a few parents are hanging around near the field for one reason or another, whether it be to chat with other parents, exercise, or just enjoy being outside. And if you’re talking about a coach yelling at the kids or being verbally abusive in some way? Guess what, that happens even with lots of adults observing the situation. Sometimes the parents are well aware and keep their kid on the team because it’s winning. |
Anonymous
Not if you're an introvert! |