[quote=all]A group of 8-11y.o. boys are playing street soccer. An 8yo commits a foul (looked like fair tackle to me, but never mind) on an 11yo. The 11yo goes into the house to complain to his mother, who in turn comes out to demand an apology for his 11yo son from the 8yo.

The way I see it, there is a big b*tch and a little b*tch in the story, and the big b*tch is doing no favor to the little b*tch, who is asking to get punished by his peers. I told my son he is not allowed to play soccer with the 11yo, or to complain to me if loses the ball because he sucks at the game.[/quote]

I’ve seen fathers do the same thing. It’s not gender-based, IMHO.

But I agree that kids should be left to sort things out for themselves, for the most part.