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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that you should try to get a handle on it now. A 6 year old might get a bit of a pass, especially if they're still in kindergarten. But at 7 and up it will really annoy the coach and other parents, because kids goofing off are usually distracting to others who are trying to pay attention. If you see your kid(s) goofing off/not listening, address it in the moment.

If there's something deeper going on like ADHD you will probably hear things from teachers/school. They are with your kid a lot more than a sports coach. Either way, don't be that parent who doesn't stay at practice or stays but does nothing to correct bad behavior. My older son does a couple different seasonal sports with a kid like this and it's awful. It drives coaches crazy and I get incredibly annoyed when I see my son doing the wrong thing because he was clearly being distracted by this other kid when instructions were being given. My son has no such problems at the year round sport that he does without this other kid. And of course the parents of this kid either drop him off at practice or sit there and do absolutely nothing about his behavior. It is behavior that should have been nipped in the bud years ago and instead it's getting worse. [/quote]

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