Both boys had youth group meetings after church.  I was still in the worship center talking to Coach Z when Middle Boy brought me a pair of his tennis shoes, said "here" and started to walk off.

I started to stop him when Coach Z said, "What do you want your mom to do with those?  You could have said, 'Hey, I have a meeting do you mind taking these with you?'"

Stopped him in his tracks.  He thought about it and asked me to take them.  I obliged.

These are the things I have been talking to him about.  There are multiple ways to accomplish the same thing and some ways are offensive.  Choose your words and approach wisely.

Thank you God for putting Coach Z there and for having her reinforce the things we had been talking about.