Painful...

Well, my youngest DS and tackle football were not a match. The coach ended up being correct about the fact that DS might get hurt. No physical injury occurred, but a crushed spirit "dries up the bones" as the Bible says.

DH did the football practice merry-go-round last night. I stayed home to cook,clean, etc.

When DH and the boys got home (at 8:20 p.m. on a school night!) we ate dinner and sent the boys to clean up. DH told me while the boys were gone that the head coach's son and another child on the offensive line were double-teaming my DS and actually body slammed him to the ground -- and the coaches did nothing to stop it. This happened several plays in a row.

My older DS was there to witness that part of the practice. DH said oldest DS was very upset about the way the other players were treating his younger brother. My DH talked to the head coach after practice last night.

When my oldest DS was showered and ready for bed, he actually sat here and cried about how the other boys treated his brother. He felt helpless to defend his brother and he was just SOOOO upset about it.

I talked to youngest DS and he said that he doesn't want to play football. I told him that was fine. But he then said, "but I want to go to practice on Thursday to see if [coach's son] has learned his lesson." I guess a lesson about not mistreating your own teammates. But I told him that regardless of what the other boy learned, there would always be other boys on other teams that might think it's o.k. to play football that way. And the most important thing to me was to keep my DS safe.

So, DH emailed coach after our discussions last night, and our youngest DS is no longer in football.

Know anyone who wants to purchase equipment that's only been used 4 times??