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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know families where situations dictate that this effectively is what happens. Mom is the team manager on Larlo's team and Dad coaches Larla's team so 95% of the time they go with the kid whose team they volunteer for. But on those 5% where there's no overlap they are always super grateful to be able to switch and show up for the other kid.

I also know people who divide the "task" by dropping off kids as young as 6 or 7 to be babysat by team personnel (who are, at this age, rec coach volunteers) while they go do something like golf. As a team mom, that was fun.[/quote]

Are the 7 year olds on the team practicing or are they a sibling that they want the personnel to babysit.

The former situation is how all of the teams I coach operate.  The parents aren’t off golfing, but most run some errands and then come back in 90 minutes.  Many kids come in a carpool as well, so maybe that parent goes somewhere to do work calls or whatever.

What am I missing…isn’t that how things mostly work?[/quote]

It's a volunteer intensive sport, so if at least half the parents don't stick around it doesn't go real well, especially at that age. And the cultural norm is that parents are there, even through high school.

Even at 10 there's one kid who always gets dropped of this season (not sure what parents are out doing) and she's a nightmare when she's on the bench to the other players. You can almost always tell the kids who know they aren't a priority to their parents.[/quote]

I get it…I coach as young as 8. I still don’t understand.  I don’t expect parents to stick around for the kids practicing.

We have sufficient volunteer coaches to handle 12-15 kids (baseball).

I don’t care if they do, but I honestly don’t even pay attention to who is hanging around.  I would guess 75% of parents don’t hang around.[/quote]

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