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Parental Timeouts

Youth-sports programs can protect children and officials by setting clear fan-conduct rules and removing parents who repeatedly behave abusively.

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Photo Credit: Courtesy of NAYS

When it comes to youth sports, we’ve somehow reached the point where accounts of parental misbehavior are no longer surprising.

In fact, these stories of outbursts, fisticuffs and arrests have become so common around the country, and occur so frequently, that they no longer grab our full attention.

Take this story for example: