That is not appropriate

I will start off by saying in the city we live in, the minor hockey program makes parents take an online respect in sport course to teach us to be kind and not to over react in sport (read into this DO not be that yelling parent on the bench). The result is that all games are actually fairly mellow. We all cheer and yell supportive things like "Good Job kiddo" etc and my husband and I are for sure not "those" parents - you know the yellers.

So with this background information in hand you can better understand this story. 

After my son's last game we were driving home from the rink and having a bit of a post game discussion (as we often do). My son is a talker, not a fighter and this reflects in his hockey playing style. He is just happy to be on the ice, with other kids and he has very good team playing skills - supportive, caring and kind. Sometimes though, it would be nice if he got in there and dug around for the puck a little. Or even went for it at all........

I said to him "you have to go after it, dig for it and be a bit of a bull dog out there. A crazy little bull dog"

Our youngest son (also in the car) piped up with "Mom, that is not appropriate".

I am not sure how it is not appropriate but I guess I had better let him play whatever style hockey he wants. Don't want to turn into "that parent"...........