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Message: [QUOTE="Teacherdeb, post: 2501666, member: 3311"] In the early 90’s, I coached a travel basketball team of 7 and 8th grade girls. I had previously coached a lot of these girls in the rec league from when they were third and forth graders, had a great relationship with them, and I put the team together to give them some great competition in the state to prep them for high school. I explained to the parents of the 7th graders that there would be games where their daughters might not play- it wasn’t a rec team where everyone gets a chance. They all agreed, but then turned on me when their daughters didn’t get any time in a competitive game. Then a guy I had coached with and had a great relationship with called me up and chewed me out for favoring another player and not playing his daughter- I am still mortified that I broke down in tears- damn female conditioning- and it still hurts me. I am also a teacher and know about families who pressure the teacher not the kid about grades. It’s only gotten worse. I hope the pendulum swings back to parents holding their own kids accountable for performance- and letting them learn the lesson that life isn’t fair. [/QUOTE]