Sign of the times.

Men simply are not trusted. 11 years ago (wow - 11 years already!) when I started coaching Little League (without having a child on the team), I was viewed with an incredible amount of suspicion. I was positively neurotic about "proving" I wasn't a sicko. The least fun day was standing in the rain while a kid waited in a storage shed (it didn't click with mom and dad that downpours is not conducive to baseball - they came an hour later) to stay dry - no way in the world I was going within 20 feet of that storage shed.

Me? I'd never send my kids unaccompanied. It is well worth the adult fare (even without a Saturday stayover) just to make the journey easier on THEM! After all, kids can get spooked easily. Having the security of mommy or daddy only a few inches away is so important.

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"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own."