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[quote=Anonymous]I think the answer is yes, it drives many crazy (and some have a lot of fun as part of it too! it's not either or). and while most kids have fun with plenty of it, the other things that travel sports leave little time for should be considered as you continue to decide what makes sense for your kid and family. Slow time at home as a family, engagement/development of other communities and other sports, unstructured play time with friends, etc. It is intense and is at the expense of other things. It also has wonderful benefits like great exercise, friendships, pushing out of comfort zones, being on a team, but some of those things can be gotten without the intensity. So yeah just a balance you should keep assessing though once started it iwll be hard to pull back if your kid is into it. Usually it has to be kind of a this isn't the path our family is taking because we value time at home, etc.

If you go on the soccer threads you can see many parents counting down the days til their kid is done with high school so they will be done with travel sports. There are a couple threads on it. And on there you will also see parents that LOVE IT. [/quote]

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