Who is more crazy? Sport parents or academic parents?

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Anonymous wrote:We travel soccer parents refer to ourselves as "committed", but we know that's just a code for crazy. Now for perspective, this is the absolute top level of competitive soccer in an area that is among the best in the country. So my thought is that if one has a child who has been blessed with athletic ability and also loves the training, the friendships, and all the hard work, why wouldn't I facilitate that? We aren't the parents yelling at refs (and the other parents), but we are the parents trucking our kid all over the Mid-Atlantic for matches, training, and tryouts.

Most of the kids I know are quite good at academics, too. The attributes of hard work and time management translate to school as well as sport.

Because what's the end game? That they'll maybe play in college? 10% chance of happening. Playing D1 or using athletics to grub into an Ivy? Less than 5%.

I'm convinced parents do it just to fill THEIR day. It's not about keeping kids busy it's just an easy hole to go down when you don't have a life.

How about the fact that about 95% of CEOs participated in sports High school. Success in life is not just about academics.

https://www.youthletic.com/articles/from-captain-to-ceo-its-proven-that-youth-sports-make-kids-successful/

I want a kid who is balanced. Feel bad for those who's parents don't see the value, they are missing out on much.

We're not talking about "normal" high school athletics, we're talking about weekend, travel, league, year-round "crazies". At the end of the day the fun ends and these kids have to go to college and need to academic chops to earn a tough degree. In my experience, majority of athletic crazy parents do not require their kids to be anywhere near the top of the class.

Shut the fuck up. You know nothing.

I was #9 out of 457 Ffx Co HS--over 4.0 GPA. I won 4 State Championships and a National Championship with my travel soccer team. I started Freshmen year of HS on Varsity and we won the VA State Championship.

BS in Biochem. PhD Immunology. Johns Hopkins.

My group of teammates was very similar. Many Ivies, Duke, etc. among us.

I credit team sports as a girl/teen to my success and drive in life.

Wow. You are *SPECIAL*.

Signed....2.3 GPA HS, bottom half of my class
1.5 years at small college -- 4.0 GPA,
BS, Va Tech.
Ph.D. MIT. -- computationation physics.

You go girl - I bet you had a lot more fun in high school too!

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Anonymous wrote:Oh yes, every lax player at STA has a 4.0 GPA and perfect SAT score... right. There are only so many hours in a day. All that time sunk into a sport is time away from the books. End of story.

Yes because every high schooler should JUST have their head in a book. Newsflash - a college wouldn't take you if you have nothing else but grades to offer. That means you had to work way too hard just to achieve those grades.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh yes, every lax player at STA has a 4.0 GPA and perfect SAT score... right. There are only so many hours in a day. All that time sunk into a sport is time away from the books. End of story.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh yes, every lax player at STA has a 4.0 GPA and perfect SAT score... right. There are only so many hours in a day. All that time sunk into a sport is time away from the books. End of story.

Why would anyone want to play LAX? I have flown through LAX and can not imagine playing a game based on it. Horrible Airport. Lousy Food. Now, SFO or even DIA has decent food, at least. And ZHR? Nice shopping.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we can see that good number of people on DCUM belong to one or the other group. There might be a few music parents. So what is your experience? Who is crazier? Sure, parents might not think what they are doing is crazy, but if you take objective look at yourself, where do you stand?

Sports because most sports parents are middle and upper middle parents who don't care so much about grades. They crave the gratification of short-term success e.g. winning the next game. I've never met a music/academic parent who wasn't mindful of their kid's college preparation, i.e. the future.

I know at least dozens of "stud" teen athletes who didn't end up on a college team, went to a crappy college, flamed out at college, and/or came home with a worthless degree because they weren't prepared for college

Agreed totally so well said