Things tend to get out of hand in 2nd half, I know we've lost by more than 6 when there was a 1-2 goal game at halftime.

Your kid will experience this even more at HS level, might as well learn to play as if the score was always 0-0.

There's really not an easy solution. The bottom of the A division deserve the right to go up against the top A teams to try to improve.