Do I trust my child with the coach?

Apparently, you do not know either coach personally? Have you heard anything good or bad about either? How old are your kids? If I were in your position and didn't know anything about the coaches, it would be hard to trust. I mean, you hear too much these days about people who are in these positions where parents just automatically trust them and then they turn up bad people. Do you know any other parents on either team that could keep an eye on your kid? Do you have a friend or family member that can go with one of them? If no to all these questions, I guess the only thing you could do is let your oldest be at practice alone. He, hopefully, will know more of how to handle an inappropriate situation. But, I do hope you can find another alternative. I feel for you...these are scary times.

Not knowing anything about the coach or your children, it's difficult to say. How old are your children? How long have they been in the league? How long has the coach been the coach? If the coach has been coaching for a long time and hasn't had any complaints, and if the children are in a big group, I don't see the harm in doing that. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule and you should never trust a stranger with the well being of your children without doing a little bit of research first.

I think you should meet both coaches and see what you think of them. Spend a little time getting to know them. See if you feel comfortable leaving your child with them. I found most coaches to be competent and trustworthy with our kids when they played team sports when they were younger. Hope this helps?

My hubby and I both coach AYSO soccer, and there are a lot of rules we have as an organization that I'm sure most other child sports have, to save themselves liabilty in case of an issue. Coaches, especially volunteer coaches have to have a background check and go through some sort of child safety training. Also, most organizations will tell their coaches not to be alone with any child on their team, that way you can't be accused of anything. I think your kids will be just fine, my SIL has played liitle league for years and it is my experience that there are always a lot of people around, it's more like a community than anything.

Why do you think you can't trust your child with the coach. Does the coach have any bad reputation or is your child behavior varying. There are many facts which you should look into before raising some doubts i guess.

I think that it is okay as long as everyone knows what is going on. Every team usually has a team mother. I would go to her and let her know your delimma.