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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
This is the weird thing with coaching. When we practice, most parents just take off a few stick around. But at the end of practice we have parents that show up a half an hour after the end of practice, and as coaches we don't want to leave these kids alone to wait for their parent so a coach will stick around.
When we move to Shriners and our practices end at 9 and all the lights go out, its pitch black and the far end of town and still parents show up late.
And sometimes I'm sitting there as the lone coach waiting with a kid or two for their parents to show up and I'm thinking, that I'm putting myself in a bad spot but I can't leave the kid to his own devices to wait in a darkened field to wait for parents.
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One of our clubs recently sent out their policy regarding late pick-ups. First a verbal reminders, then a written, and then after that it's $50/half hour fee. If it becomes extreme or they don't pay the fee, then they just kick the kid out until the parents figure out a way to correct the situation.