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Am I wrong? I refereed a U11 match last night. At half time reds were winning 6-0. All that can be heard on the ground is greens manager screaming at his players and singling out individuals. I walked over and asked him if he felt that maybe positively motivating his young players might make them preform better and help them enjoy the match more. He started shouting at me asking of I was a referee or a coach. Then told me to go away and mind my own business.
The next part I know is wrong of me, but I went over to the parents of greens and asked of they liked their children being shouted at but most of them just said that's just X that's the way he is and of my son don't start playing better I will shout at him when he gets home.
Wondering on your thoughts and what you would've done in this situation.
So shouting and bawling at a child does not affect their emotional wellbeing?Thus is not a safeguarding issue - please be very careful. Report maybe to league if you have a problem - but safeguarding is about avoiding physical, emotional, sexual, neglect etc. And no, children being shouted at about their performance, especially in front of their parents is not a child protection issue except in the most extreme circumstances.
Be careful - safeguarding is a Pandora's box once opened.
"but most of them just said that's just X that's the way he is and of my son don't start playing better I will shout at him when he gets home."
Co Down Ref............ I'm going to have to disagree I'm afraid. We aren't talking about 16 year olds (even though they do fall under safeguarding) This is 10 and 11 year olds, still in primary school. With a coach and parents who are happy to shout at a kid if they "don't start playing better". That IS psychological / emotional abuse. If its serious enough that your considering going over to talk to both the coach and parents, then yes, you should be making a call. 99% of the time it will come to nothing, but that 1% it does......... could be the time something bigger gets uncovered. The whole point of safeguarding is NOT to shy away from it because it is a Pandora's box.
I couldn't disagree more. Like others have said this shouting at the children could be going on every week, and these sorts of degrading comments are what cause safeguarding issues. There is no need for these over dramatic di**heads to be shouting at young kids who are just trying to play football.Thus is not a safeguarding issue - please be very careful. Report maybe to league if you have a problem - but safeguarding is about avoiding physical, emotional, sexual, neglect etc. And no, children being shouted at about their performance, especially in front of their parents is not a child protection issue except in the most extreme circumstances.
Be careful - safeguarding is a Pandora's box once opened.
You cannot informally report a safeguarding issue. Once you've done it, it's done.Is giving the league/club safeguarding officer a call and running it past them a case of no turning back? Once you've done that.......... you've done all you can and should do. Its up to them then. That is why they are there.
Not necessarily. You can call the safeguarding officer at the league and tell him basically what is in the OP and see whether he (being better trained/more qualified in this area of football) thinks it is something that needs formally reporting. Once it's formally reported there is no going back but until that point you are fine to talk it over with the right people.You cannot informally report a safeguarding issue. Once you've done it, it's done.
Not necessarily. You can call the safeguarding officer at the league and tell him basically what is in the OP and see whether he (being better trained/more qualified in this area of football) thinks it is something that needs formally reporting. Once it's formally reported there is no going back but until that point you are fine to talk it over with the right people.
Thus is not a safeguarding issue - please be very careful. Report maybe to league if you have a problem - but safeguarding is about avoiding physical, emotional, sexual, neglect etc. And no, children being shouted at about their performance, especially in front of their parents is not a child protection issue except in the most extreme circumstances.
Be careful - safeguarding is a Pandora's box once opened.