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I called my sister last night, the one that coaches her daughter's softball team. She said she's never seen a coach act like that to a parent, and suggested that if he doesn't have the patience to deal with other people's kids maybe he should rethink his decision to coach little league. She said if the incident had happened with a player on her team she probably would have laughed about it with her assistant coach ("Did you see what that little shit just did? He just spit a seed in my face!" "No way!") and that would have been the end of it.
Danny's behavior is not significantly worse than the other kids on the team from what I can see. Sure, they're younger, but he was put in rookie league for a reason. I strongly suspect it involves someone's perception that he lacked the maturity to play with kids his own age. Paradoxically, now he's expected to act like a fourth-grader.
And I'm apparently expected to hold his hand the whole time.
My sister also raised a valid point I hadn't really considered. This is a recreational league that we had to pay for Danny to participate in. We paid the same as every other parent -- more actually, because the fees are higher for the minor league I orignally was advised to register him for -- and he has the same right to play as every other kid. Part of coaching is dealing with difficult kids, and bullying a parent isn't an acceptable strategy.
It's been about 24 hours and I haven't heard any response to my email to the coach. I am furious with myself for the amount of time and energy I've wasted dealing with this.
Danny's behavior is not significantly worse than the other kids on the team from what I can see. Sure, they're younger, but he was put in rookie league for a reason. I strongly suspect it involves someone's perception that he lacked the maturity to play with kids his own age. Paradoxically, now he's expected to act like a fourth-grader.
And I'm apparently expected to hold his hand the whole time.
My sister also raised a valid point I hadn't really considered. This is a recreational league that we had to pay for Danny to participate in. We paid the same as every other parent -- more actually, because the fees are higher for the minor league I orignally was advised to register him for -- and he has the same right to play as every other kid. Part of coaching is dealing with difficult kids, and bullying a parent isn't an acceptable strategy.
It's been about 24 hours and I haven't heard any response to my email to the coach. I am furious with myself for the amount of time and energy I've wasted dealing with this.
