Making kids go to sibling sports events

[Anonymous]

An hour long game is one thing, but a 3 or more hours long swim meet with the A meet/B meet implications is another. I would never make a sibling wake up early to watch a swim meet they could have been in but didn’t qualify for. That just seems mean. My younger child only came to watch the older one at home meets, and even then one parent would get the oldest to warmups early and the other would bring the sibling later once the meet started. There’s no reason for everyone to get there so early.

[Anonymous]

No, I don’t make them go if they don’t want to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JFC. I can’t imagine the torture of having to swim in your own B team meets and then go to a sibling’s A team meets and cheer your sibling on. Give your kid some peace.

Summer swim team is the worst.

+1 I don't want to go, and they're my kids that I birthed.

[Anonymous]

Swim meets are long and boring and not fun if you are not swimming in them. No, you don't take them.

[Anonymous]

This is a constant debate in our house since my DH thinks we should both go to all our kids sports, but that means schlepping the other kid. I totally disagree. I say the non-competing child should be able to stay home with the other parent.