When drill team moms attack

You’d like to think that two local drill teams could have an impromptu dance-off without disturbing the peace or worse. But such a contest went bad Saturday night at McAdams Park, leaving one injured and two arrested. What is particularly shocking is that some of the 50 people involved in the fight were moms of the drill team members. One even allegedly struck a 17-year-old boy in the face with a drum stick, before getting punched and cut up herself. As in the cases of parents behaving badly at their kids’ sporting events, you have to conclude: Having children is not the same thing as having a clue about how to be a good parent.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

6 Comments

  1. janabanana
    Posted September 20, 2005 at 2:21 pm | Permalink

    I let my kids play soccer and baseball for a few years until I just couldn’t put up with the competitive parents anymore.We stayed two years in cub scouts. I finally had it after the slot car compitition…the dad’s built their kids slot cars and acted like they won when it was suppose to be the kids compitition.Too many of the parents are not willing to let go and just let their kids learn from their team compititions. They feel they need to have control of their kids during these compititions. They think yelling criticising remarks at their children or degrading remarks at umpires, ref’s and coaches is helping their kid out some how.

  2. Galahad
    Posted September 20, 2005 at 2:50 pm | Permalink

    Violence–it’s as American as apple pie.

    That’s what we get from our national leaders. If they can’t drop a bomb on a problem, they don’t know what to do . . .

  3. Ray Thomas
    Posted September 20, 2005 at 5:21 pm | Permalink

    Ahhhh..the soccer moms getting into a fight in Wichita are also George Bush’s fault?

    Figures. Is there anything bad on the planet that is NOT GW’s fault? Just curious..

  4. R.D.Liebst
    Posted September 21, 2005 at 2:35 am | Permalink

    I can not think of any right off. I’ll get back to you LOl

  5. Damoon
    Posted September 21, 2005 at 10:43 am | Permalink

    Just another example of how many parents don’t really give a damn about their kids or the example they set, this is what happens when kids have kids. A lot of people in this country need to do some serious growing up.

  6. NoJoCo
    Posted September 21, 2005 at 10:55 am | Permalink

    Damoon,I agree.