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[quote=Anonymous]I would tell my daughter to fully respect the referee. If that referee decides your daughter needs a booking for her actions, then she should accept that, and follow all the referee's directions for the cautioning process (i.e. turning around and showing her number if the ref so requests/waiting with the ref while she is getting written up/etc.) without a peep. This being her first time, she likely will have her "head spinning" and be quite scared of what's happening--and that is of course understandable.

Remember, players actually "caution themselves," when earning yellow cards. The referee is only enforcing the rules.

I'd also tell your daughter that everything will be okay, and it's not the end of the world to get booked. She should just take a deep breath, and let the referee do what they need to enforce those rules. If your daughter feels nervous/anxious/needs to cry getting the yellow card--that's okay--and tell her to feel her feelings (but never to argue). It can seem very scary getting booked--ESPECIALLY for the FIRST TIME (as that one-on-one process with a ref can be quite intimidating). Let her know you support her, all will be okay, and not to be mad at the referee.

You want her to learn from the experience, and not be scared to play/traumatized from getting a yellow card. Tell her millions upon millions have been booked before her, and millions upon millions will get a yellow card after her--including, likely her many more times, if she continues to play.[/quote]

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