# Kids Flag Football Coach Behaviour

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-flag-football-coach-behaviour/767083>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 27, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-flag-football-coach-behaviour/767083 "2016-09-27T22:08:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-flag-football-coach-behaviour/767083/61 "2016-09-29T21:34:44Z")

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> [@sitchensis](#):
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> The kid was not seriously bothered by the stuff the coach said. This kid like loves the intensity and wants to keep playing.

I agree totally

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> That’s not how adults, especially adults that aren’t even the parents, should speak to seven year olds, and that seven year old should not have the final say over the parent.

I agree totally with too. While he may not be bothered by this, I do not want an adult modeling a behavior that I would not like my child to adopt. While he may be mature beyond his age he is certainly not capable of picking up only the right cues.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-flag-football-coach-behaviour/767083/62 "2016-09-29T23:22:04Z")

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Sounds like a typical coach/gym teacher.

What’s the difference between a gym teacher and a sadist? No one willingly lets their kids hang out with a sadist.

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