The past year has seen a surge in adult violence at youth sporting events, including the beating death of a hockey coach by a player’s father. What do you think?
“Why are these grown men hitting each other? They should be hitting the kid who blew the game.”
Marty Behr • Systems Analyst
“This parental aggression is spreading into other youth activities, as well. I took a knee to the kidney when my daughter forgot her Christmas-pageant lines.”
Joan Weitz • Homemaker
“Hey, if you’d seen that ref’s call, we’d have been fighting over the shotgun.”
Damian Thomas • Forklift Operator
“Ask me that question again. Go ahead. I fuckin’ dare you, you fucking piece of shit.”
Bob Bryson • Sales Coordinator
“I blame the cheerleaders. They’re the ones stirring people to violence with that ’Be aggressive! B-E aggressive!’ cheer.”
Dina Sargento • Social Worker
“What better way to impart to our children the important life lesson, ’Do as I say, not as I do’?”
Omar Husserl • Glazier
