Emotional Injuries

At what point does a parent step in and say, "enough is enough." I have a highschool football player, who is one of, if not the best player on his Varsity team. In films the other day, the coach broke down each play and critized him for everything that went wrong on the offensive side of the ball. He was call a "pussy" and not sure what else, but know it was bad. I even got an e-mail from one of the players mom's asking me if my son was ok. Another parent also told me that her when her son came home, he told her the same thing about the coach.

I am so tired of watching my son dissolve into tears when he realizes that he really isn't considered good enough to play equally, when he sees that he is at the bottom of the batting order AGAIN, that he is punished for missing a practice even when his father is in the hospital.
In our town, we seem to have a real problem with the coaching in our little league and it has started to get a bit of press in the local paper. I am actually thinking of writing a column and submitting it to one of the news magazines.

Today in Two victims of hazing at Coopersville Area Public Schools Michigan) filed a $5 million federal lawsuit against the district and coaches, as well as the baseball players convicted of gross indecency.
The civil-rights lawsuits are filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.

We hear so much about coaches who yell at kids and parents who yell at coaches and parents who yell at the other parents. It is enough to drive you crazy. But, how about the kids who are bullying kids on their own team? Has your child ever been bullied enough for him to drop off of the team?