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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I have always admired highly athletic kids and wish them the best, I am just so glad that mine never fell into that category.  The commitment required for travel sports sounds exhausting, and many of the parents seem insufferable.  And for what?  The vast majority of the kids end up putting the sport largely behind them, more often than not before college.  I just don't get the appeal.[/quote]

I don’t understand why people care so much about what other kids do. But I’ll bite..our kids enjoyed travel sports because they loved their sport, got frustrated in rec when kids missed games and practice at the drop of a hat, liked the competitive nature and overall higher skill and commitment levels in travel. None of them had any interest or desire to play in college. But they made great friends, stayed fit, and had great time management skills which served them well in high school and college.

Why isn’t the same disdain shown to non athletic extracurriculars? It gets old. [/quote]

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