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PHOTO
BY
TOM
KIMMELL
– MARGARET PUCKETT and JANET BLACK, The Young Child
ASK QUESTIONS
The youth hockey environment should be open and transparent. As a parent, you have the right
to be involved and aware. Please don't hesitate to ask questions like these:
+ What role can I play
in my child's hockey
development? What
roles are available to me
within the association?
+ How will the coaches
and administrators
communicate with me?
+ What educational
resources are available
to parents, prospective
coaches and/or
volunteers?
+ I am experiencing
financial hardship. What
resources and options
are available to help
me provide the hockey
experience for my child?
+ When should I speak
out about questionable
behavior exhibited by
a player, coach, parent,
administrator or anyone
else in my child's
hockey environment?
To whom should I report
that behavior? What is
the process for reporting
that behavior?
+ How can I help my child
be safe on and off the
ice?
"PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS,
AND COACHING THAT VALUES WINNING OVER HEALTHY
CHILDHOOD PLAY EXPERIENCES, PLACE CHILDREN AT
BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RISK."
