I hate to say it but through my many years of coaching my biggest problems have been mothers, including my own who knows nothing about the game and is great at giving me her thoughts once a year if she comes to watch one game out of 100 throughout the season. ?
Fathers will have a conversation, not always good if it is not what they want to hear, but for the most part will approach you ?and ask for a discussion. ?Mothers on the other hand typically "brew" and stir hornets nest. ?Usually they also do not always have a clear perspective on what competitive travel ball is about and that equal is not always the way it goes on Sundays. ?They do sometimes have a tendency to baby or make excuses for their children and their performances. ?Even with the many pre discussions of the what and hows of the expectations for the season, there still seems to be some issues toward the end of the year.
Again, this is not all just some experiences over the years. ?There can be fathers that do the same things also. ?
As far as fathers being harder on their daughters, better ask my daughters about that opinion. By far they would say mom is tougher on them.