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One of the foundations and benefits of the entire sports community is the opportunity to learn life skills and make friends, because the overwhelming majority aren't going to be pros in their given sport.  Or should the coaches just stop talking about being there for the love of the game and all the things in they attribute in their life that they got from their soccer/sports experience if that's no longer part of the social contract implicit in sports?  No one thinks a coach should be raising their kid or giving parenting advice.    A coach is still a role model and instills values and projects an image to these kids, just like their teachers.[/quote]

Thank you for your service.  A+ point.

I get that it is tough, especially for 20something coaches to know how to handle kids (especially of the opposite sex), but honestly, I want my kid (currently U13) to play as much sports as possible to learn additional life skills they may not be getting (or getting as much of) at school or from me -- teamwork, conflict resolution, resilience (failing and learning to pick yourself up), accountability, joy, pain, etc. My kid isn't getting a free ride at college, so we are in this for the life lessons (and the excercise).  We are fortunate to have a coach, while he isn't perfect, gets that.
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