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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]answer other random questions about your dc while he is at practice?

I’m on a group chat with other parents and there is a coach whose role seems to be to ‘manage’ the parents non stop personal inquiries. Yes, there are legit questions about schedule and uniform etc (although the coaches have online info, send comprehensive emails and hold a Zoom session at the beg of the season), but 90 percent of the questions make it seem like these parents think that the coach is their child’s personal babysitter.

Is this normal? I’ve maybe messaged the coaches twice when we first joined to arrange payments. Here is what I mean:

‘I dropped Larlo off at the intersection of Smith and Oak, can you confirm you see him walking up to the field?’

‘Larlo had a slight headache earlier, can you make sure he takes an Advil midway through practice?’

‘I am dropping Larlo off at Oak and Main Street because the traffic is bad on Smith. Can someone please go pick him up?’

‘Larlo didn’t charge his phone. Can he use yours to call me?’

I cannot believe the coaches put up with this, and manage to respond so politely. [/quote]

Holy Crap. This is why young kids are so anxious. [/quote]

Sorry - meant to add that parents didn't text the coach on our kids' teams. The coaches expected the kids to maintain communication. So, if DS was going to be late, he texted the coach himself and let him know. This started around the age of 9 or 10. And no, I'm not talking 20 years ago. Kid is 15 now and it still works that way. There was never a coach that was in charge of handling parent b.s. -- if you were such a parent, you risked your kid's playing time.[/quote]

Yikes. A kid shouldn't be communicating directly with a coach like that Or have a phone so young! Seriously sketch parenting.[/quote]

Said the anxious Millennial raising an even more anxious kid. I hope you save for therapy because insurance doesn't cover it! By the way, kids don't always have to text from a phone. School-issued iPads were the usual communication tools for my kids. [/quote]

Hmm a coach texting a player is prohibited in our league.  For safe sport reasons.  I wouldn’t be comfortable with this.[/quote]

What?? Nobody said the coaches texted players. Players text coaches on the group text to let them know they will be late, absent, etc... We aren't talking about super secret, abusive, true crime podcast texts that make up your nightmares.[/quote]

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