Children's activities that are a money pit

[Anonymous]

Tae kwon do = take your dough

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am the ruiner of dreams.

So many parents I know think their dc has a chance to be a professional in whatever sport the kid is interested in. The number of deluded adults I know is amazing. They don't realize the staggering odds against their dc making it on anything beyond a high school team. I've seen parents discuss this at sporting events and saw one mom cry and a dad walk away enraged when a group was discussing how unlikely any of us would know a kid who made it in professional baseball or football.

Forget tennis. If your kid isn't playing competitive tournaments by 9 or 10 you are sol. Even then the probability of your child doing anything other than making a high school team is so so small.

In the burbs here, it is not unusual for parents to pay for private coaching for little league.

+1 by 9, 10, or 11 you need to be breaking state records if you wan to go pro.

Hey Sloane Stephens didn't start playing tennis until she was 9. As long as a parent has the money it's ok to live in lala land.

Sloane Stephens is an outlier. Kudos to her and her family. Take a look at the top junior and college level players over the last 10 years and examine how many made anything of themselves as pros.

[Anonymous]

14-17 year old DD having sex and getting pregnant.

[Anonymous]

I have two friends who are almost broke due to dance (kind of exaggerating but not really).

Also any "travel team" sport - soccer, baseball, hockey etc.

[Anonymous]

Competitive swimming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Competitive swimming.

What? Really? What is needed other than the swimsuit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:14-17 year old DD having sex and getting pregnant.

Funny! Not as expensive as 14-17 DS having sex and getting lots of people pregnant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Competitive swimming.

What? Really? What is needed other than the swimsuit?

The private lessons at $35/30 min.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why I am glad my DD found community theatre. It's free.....

I have never found community theater to be free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:14-17 year old DD having sex and getting pregnant.

Funny! Not as expensive as 14-17 DS having sex and getting lots of people pregnant.

True. DS, DS your the man, if you can't do it no one can. One Morrrreee!