Parents just amaze me sometimes and not in a good way.
By TriciaW
@TriciaW (2441)
United States
June 15, 2007 12:33pm CST
I have brought this up before but again last night at a girls softball game the parents of the other team left me just shaking my head. Their team was losing and well that happens. The team is all girls 12 and under. The parents were yelling which I guess can happen but there were a few to me that were out of control. This is fast pitch so it is hard to pitch. The pitcher was working really hard. Out of the parents someone yelled to her using her name.. stop being lazy. I know they had to hear me gasp. I could not believe it. There was so much said. The one that really bothered my daughter that was watching the game when a parent yelled out a girls name and said don't be stupid step on the bag when you get that ball. I just don't understand what these parents think they are doing. Do they think this will make the child play better? I just don't get it at all. I get so angry that I want to stand up and start yelling things at them to show them how it feels.
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@larflu (19)
• United States
21 Jan 10
what our association does is have a printed sheet of Parent Codes of Ethics in which the tournament director passes out to the teams before the start of play. Coaches or TD's should be able to find one on the ASA site and should not be shy of addressing such issues if they have been brought up.
@pinks0da (328)
• Philippines
15 Jun 07
Personally yelling like that to anyone is not inspiring nor motivating!! They need someone to tell them that it is not right to yell at their children in order for them to perform or do things better. Those words are degrading.. How would they feel if their kids will yell back at them? We parents have to understand that yelling will not make any situation better... Let's just hope that there are friends of those parents who heard them and will be able to correct such behavior. Seldom do I yell (that's when I am really very upset already with their behaviors as kids) to my kids but I never call them names because they might believe that they are that kind of person and might live up to it! That's hard! we are making our children the very person we don't want them to be... I guess parents should learn how to control their emotions and bear in mind that our role as parents is important in molding our children into good individuals.
