Can my behavior on the sidelines get my child penalized?

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Yes. Parents and coaches are "persons associated with a player" and must maintain proper conduct, fair play and good sportsmanship (USTA Reg. IV.C.1). By entering, your child consents to being penalized for your unsportsmanlike conduct (Reg. IV.C.11):

On court: abusive conduct by a person associated with a player is a code violation against the player: point, then game, then default (Table 14).
Suspension points on your child's record (Table 17): 2 for each code violation; 2 for conduct in the playing area outside a match; 5 for off-court conduct, including online; 8 to 10 for flagrant conduct.
10 suspension points within 12 months means a 3-month suspension from sanctioned tournaments (Reg. IV.F).

Any Tournament Committee member or official representative of the tournament may ask you to stop or to leave the site, and you must comply.