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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, I was born and raised in a different culture but I have been living here for over a decade.  Now that my kids are starting to get into sports, I am shocked how much sports kids here are committed to.  Why it that??  My kids are both athletic and want to play competitive/travel sports.  My older one is already on a travel team, between his rec team, travel team, and another rec sport, he has some sort of practice almost daily, and weekends are all spent on games.  When one sports slows down, another one picked up.  Of course I want to support their passion, but I truly don't understand why we spend so much time and effort on little kid sports?  Sure, my kids dream about making it to the professional leagues, but let's be honest, that's almost impossible.

My kids are both doing well academically, but we have virtually no time to give them academic enrichment or extension because every spare minute is spent on sports.  They have so much potential academically (both are identified gifted).  So far I have let them play sports because that's what they enjoy doing, but as they get older, shouldn't we shift focus to academics?

Do parents here just don't care about academics as much as they care about sports?  Why is kids sports such a big deal?  Don't tell me your goal is to send them to MLB or NFL, or make them the next Michael Phelps, LOL.  Is this because sports plays a big role in college admission?  How big of a deal is it?  I am not against kids playing sports, my questions is why spend SO MUCH time on it?  [/quote]

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