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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a sibling who was an elite athlete as a kid and went on to play that sport at a semi-professional level after college. The travel sport, all the practices, games, in between games when there’s no time to do anything else so you’re just waiting around at the field, going out to team dinners, etc. is a huge time commitment for the parents. It wasn’t realistic for me to expect my parents to give me that same amount of time/attention but it would’ve been nice if they had at least attempted to do activities w me or just spend time w me that wasn’t always focused on my sibling’s sport. It would’ve also been nice if they had not dragged me along to every game, tournament and if they had not planned all our family vacations solely around places we had to travel for my sibling’s sport (if we could’ve gone places other than Orlando, Atlanta, and middle of nowhere Kansas, for example. It also seemed like all our family conversations revolved around my sibling’s sport. My parents were obsessed.

The only thing that wasn’t annoying about all the family focus on my sibling’s sport is that my sibling wasn’t a jerk about it. I think he felt guilty that everything our family did and talked about centered on him. I have a good relationship with him now that we’re adults. And obviously still have some resentment of the way my parents handled it.

It’s good you’re thinking about this, recognizing the effect it’s having on your kids, and trying to come up w solutions.[/quote]

Is your sibling more successful than you now? Just wondering if all the time and attention to the travel sport was worth it for him?[/quote]

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