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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I experienced this in my son’s little league team. A small contingent of moms would bring mimosas or hard seltzers and pour then into thermoses. They also made Jell-O shots for the playoff games. They always offered to all the other parents, but most would decline.

These same parents also generally promoted an unhealthy relationship with alcohol as normal to their kids— frequent gatherings with other families where most parents got tipsy/drunk and the kids fended for themselves all evening, being hungover and then continuing to drink the next day, etc.

As far as I could tell, none of the other teams were doing this.[/quote]

We had an alcoholic mom on one of my kid's little league teams. I didnt realize it until the season was nearly over. She was constantly joking about bringing drinks to our games and then convinced several parents to meet for drinks before practice. It continued several more times and eventually  one of the dads was disgustingly falling down drunk at a practice. His wife had to come get him. I really liked the woman initially but saw how manipulative she was. She was surprisingly effective at convincing fairly rational adults to drink to the point of embarrassment. They didn't just sip wine. The parents were drunk.

I think it's gross and disgusting and the rules about no alcohol need to be enforced. I never noticed anyone else drinking at a game again for all the years my kids were in ll. [/quote]

We had a couple of parents like this already on our U10 team last year.... kids did fend for themselves. Kids complained that their parents were drunk all the time, kids were angry quite often.  Parents were manipulative. Parents visibly drunk picking kids up at practice. Such a hot mess. Social drinking at tailgates is one thing, but constant drinking during the weeknights and often after the games can be a turnoff and problematic. [/quote]

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