I would say this can of worms is officially opened. There have been many excellent post on this subject, and I, like many of you have found myself in the middle of this quandry. The comment was made earlier that both the coach and the wrestler, needed to know the difference in the father/son and coach/wrestler relationship. The easiest way for this to happen is to clearly define this early in the relationship. Also, try to follow what you learned in your certification class, positive-instruct-positive. I made it a point to compliment another coach/dad when I saw this done, Tony Florschutz (sp?) of Sunflower kids does a great job of this with his son Levi, and their father/son relationship sure seems to be one to be proud of. It comes down to this, you are the adult, see which situation is right (coaching your child or not) if you can't decide, ask another coach to watch you and see if you are helping or hurting your child. The truth is, that most of us won't be coaching our kids at the junior high or high school level and the sooner that your child learns to wrestle for someone else, the better.