Oriole42, I am with you. I coached my kid for 12 years, right threw high school. I was actually assisting at the high school before he got there. On the field he knew I was coach and he was player. He was treated no better, no worse than anyone else. He worked as hard as any other player and he sat his share of the time. Head coach would ask my advice on playing my son and I always said, " you make out the lineup card with your best nine, and don't worry about hurt feelings". It worked out according to my 20 year old boy.