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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are baptizing our young son in a few weeks. My older son has an important soccer tournament that weekend and my husband will be taking him. They will both miss the baptism. we are unable to reschedule since my parents are flying in from another country. They are furious that the father will miss this important milestone. 
They asked if someone else can take my son to play and although that is logistically possible, my husband declined. He is very invested in my son's soccer. My parents aren't thrilled that my other son is missing this either.
I am annoyed too but nothing I say will change anything so I don't bother trying to convince him.
My questions are: is it that bad that they are missing this?
How do I get my parents to back off?[/quote]

I coach a competitive travel team.

We instill the following hierarchy in our players and their families from day one:

God/faith &gt; Family &gt; country &gt; school &gt; sport

So there are four things we tell them are more important than the sport.

On the God/faith thing we tell them if they are observant we do expect them to worship outside game conflicts wherever possible since we play a lot on Sunday mornings. But an event like a child’s christening? The player would be 100% excused and expected to attend.

So from our priority list, your husband is violating two of the four things that more important than our sport. He is wrong, not the parents who are rightfully complaining. Put your foot down. There will be other tournaments.

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