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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, rereading your post, there is no “easing” once you allow a kid to create an account.  They will be confronted with comments, who they allow to see, how many likes and followers, not to mention all the access they will have as an account holder.

(Also, as an older parent who has BTDT, refrain from describing your kid as being on the college or pro track at such a young age.  It puts so much pressure on your kid.  And, so much can and will happen between now and then.  I know a lot of parents out there love to talk about their kids’ successes but I have always found my kids are better served when I keep those sorts of comments to myself.[/quote]

OP here.  Thank you!  FWIW,  I just wanted to describe his skill level on this post.  Friends who have seen him play and his coaches and sports community are the ones who use college/pro track to describe him.  So we actually shelter him from most of these comments and community (we don't socialize with his team mates or parents) and keep it as a very separate activity.  At the end of the day, we don't need to feed his intensity any further or add to the pressure he already puts on himself and he is not my only kid and needs to stay grounded.  As you confirmed, I think it's best that way.  [/quote]

Some perspective from the parent of an older kid —- coaches started using this kind of language with my kid early on (“work hard - this is how you’re going to pay for college”, “your competition isn’t the kids who want to play in high school - you’re competing against kids who will do this for a living so think of this as your job”).  It was nuts and it totally soured my kid’s sports experience in high school. All he ever wanted to do was play in high school like a normal kid, but he ended up at an insanely competitive, sports oriented high school, and there were tons of expectations and pressure.  Plus year round training where we literally couldn’t go on vacation for years because there was always a tournament somewhere.

Just something to think about. [/quote]

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