Thanks lolKinda surprised at your youngest age response....
Simply because can see in your other bountiful wonderful posts how paying attention by the parent to not let kid get effected by junk ....might have played a greater role in your choice on this.
Thought you may have replied parent first because you wouldnt want to just let anyone be the greater influence than you the parent of a young child.
Younger the child can be greater influenced by another parent???
I think that between 8-10 parents have to be super involved in setting expectations around away from team practice times, they have to ensure that DD has a practice partner if not it must be them... also between 8-10 kids tend to switch sports often. Parents needs to help guide them in the right direction which of course is softball lol.