It has been well documented that parental rage in today's youth sports is getting out of control and has a negative impact on the young people toward whom it is directed. Even in the relaxed Khoury atmosphere occurrences of yelling, name calling, taunting and other forms of pressure are known to exist from time to time. Perhaps the parents, fans and coaches that engage in this activity don't realize that their words and actions can have a long lasting and negative emotional effect on children.

In response to this trend, the National Youth Sports Safety Foundation, Inc. has developed a Sport Parent Code of Conduct which can be found at the following link:

http://www.nyssf.org/sportparentcodeofconduct.html

It is our hope that every manager, coach, parent and fan will read this and that they will forward this information to other managers, coaches, parents, and fans. By raising awareness of this issue, perhaps a few more kids will have a little more fun.