Thoughts on Parents

A big part of high school hockey is the Parents. Parents can be very supportive as well as very curious. I try to have a meeting with all the parents at the beginning of the season to go over expectations. At the end of the meeting I open the floor up for the parents to ask questions. The usual questions were where is the best place to get skates sharpened?, where is the best place to buy hockey equipment. I try to cover things like practice time/place, what to do if your child is sick, where will our home rink be and how I run practices during my talk.
During the season I will talk with the parents before and after practice but I will talk to the parents only before games however, some parents try to catch me after the games.
I am interested in some other coaches experiences with parents. Parents if you read this blog feel free to comment any insight will help.