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June 30, 2010 by kathy watson
I think that if children and parents are comfortable with it yes. it can bring ties to family
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July 24, 2010 by Beverly
I think this would make it kind of hard, as the child may be under undo pressure to preform and learn the sport. Parents have a way of trying to relive their youth threw the children. Which would make it more stressful and it would'nt be that much fun for the kid.
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August 19, 2010 by Leszek
It is like asking: "Should parents raise their own children?"
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January 25, 2011 by Sandi
Coaching children, which to me implies instructing children to make wise choices, is not the same as demanding something from children
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October 16, 2011 by Rick Lemon
Most parents can coach their children without letting their competative egos get in the way and hurting their children and other children on the team mentally. Some are egotistical maniacs that should not coach anyone, especially their children.
I spent 15+ years coaching tournament level girls (age 9-18) softball. Think college style softball. I also coached recreational level softball as well for all but the last few of those years. Ages 5 through high school.
My daughters understood the difference between recreational level and tournament play. During tournaments we were there to win! The recreational league was to let all children play and the coaches daughters helped the newer / lesser skilled players gain skills and have fun! My daughters skill level were in the top 10% because they had been playing, learning, and spending large amounts of time playing since they were 4-5 years old.
We also played all of our players during a weekend tournament. That didn't mean everyone got equal playing time. We communicated with the players and families and the lesser players played some games in every tournament. Everyone spent some time on the bench including the coaches daughters.
So, if you keep the egos out of it you can coach and teach children in a responsible manner.
For you ego heads out there who think I'm wrong, from the last team I coached, 6 of my tournament players stated their high school varsity softball team as freshman. My daughter chose not to play any high school sport as she was more interested in Snowboarding and Wakeboarding. Like Father, like daughter as I never played for any of my high school or college teams either.
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December 17, 2011 by square
It, like all things depends, John Wayne Gracy was/could be a parent. G.W Bush is a parent.
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