Travel Sports and Working Parents

[Anonymous]

Don’t do it. I regret it and it’s hard to unwind. That’s my vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how people go about rationalizing these things. IMO you're doing something wrong if you're spending more time traveling than playing. I know there are/have been kids on my DD teams that spend half an hour or more each practice in driving. I know they have teams closer. Are the teams she is on the exact perfect for well no, but I still can't rationalize half an hour trips just for practice except on occasion.

I’m not OP but we live in eastern moco. No we don’t have travel teams closer. I either drive to Olney/Rockville or North up 29 to Columbia.
My kid is a rising 8th grader and this is our first time doing travel. It’s what sge wants and she works hard so we’re gonna make it work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a nanny who is basically a driver and cleans up after kds and does their laundry.

Travel for tournaments is hard and I kinda hate it, too.

+1. Our older two (12 and 15) play travel baseball and our youngest (8) has sports and activities but not travel sports. We have a nanny in the afternoons largely for this reason. Her primary responsibilities are making dinner, doing laundry and driving the kids to practices. While DH and I have demanding jobs, we do have some flexibility regarding where and when we work. For travel tournaments out of town, one of us takes the kid who is playing and the other stays home with the other kids.

At 12 and 15, they’re self sufficient enough that we generally can work from the hotel while traveling with them. It was harder when they were younger and had to be supervised more closely. However, usually parents on the trip can tag team watching kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a nanny who is basically a driver and cleans up after kds and does their laundry.

Travel for tournaments is hard and I kinda hate it, too.

+1. Our older two (12 and 15) play travel baseball and our youngest (8) has sports and activities but not travel sports. We have a nanny in the afternoons largely for this reason. Her primary responsibilities are making dinner, doing laundry and driving the kids to practices. While DH and I have demanding jobs, we do have some flexibility regarding where and when we work. For travel tournaments out of town, one of us takes the kid who is playing and the other stays home with the other kids.

At 12 and 15, they’re self sufficient enough that we generally can work from the hotel while traveling with them. It was harder when they were younger and had to be supervised more closely. However, usually parents on the trip can tag team watching kids.

By 12 a group of parents are agreeing to take one out of town tournament and we rotate, so we only drive to one per season on average. Every game for my kid is available via livestream so you can watch remote.