and the sins of the mothers shall be visited upon the Little Leaguers
Sunday, May 18th, 2008By raincoaster
A picture of someone who DID show up for her shift
I’ve got to call this one for the coach.
Here’s the scoop: Jodie Hooper, mom of a 7-year-old Little Leaguer, promised to work in the concession stand, as all LL parents must do at least once in that league. She bailed, without finding a replacement.
Her son is benched for two games.
“We are not here to have kids sit benches. We want kids to be playing, but we need people to help us out,” Brouillette said.
About 370 kids play at the field. The fields are run almost exclusively by volunteers. Each parent is expected to help out at least one night.
“Is it fair if you know about it in advance and you are told? It’s one of the rules, otherwise we wouldn’t have concession stands,” parent Rebecca Diaz said…
Hooper said that she had things to do at work and that is why she could not work the stand…
“It’s a tough rule to have to enforce, because everybody has things to do,” League President Dave Brouillette said.
Yes, yes we do.
By now you all know what a hardass I am; it’s impossible to bench or otherwise punish a mother, grownups are supposed to be responsible for their commitments, the kid will get over it, he WILL be ashamed of his mother, this is a good thing. If Mommy is so indispensable at work, Mommy can damn well hire a teenager to take her place.
Thoughts?