Reply to Would you drive 30 minutes each way for a kid to try a sport?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Would you drive 30 minutes each way for a kid to try a sport?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Yes. When mine was a toddler I vowed we would be city people and just take the bus to nearby activities.

Now I drive 35-45 minutes one-way 3-4x/week to a distant suburb…while passing other locations for less-competitive versions of my child’s main activity. It’s ridiculous but she’s happy, healthy and has great friends. Worst-case scenario: she falls in love with the sport and you do this drive for 10 years, best-case scenario: she crosses it off the list after one season and you move on feeling relieved to have one less what-if. And maybe she’ll be a decent skater and can have fun at birthday parties one day?!

I make the drive tolerable by batching it with other errands that can only be done by car. I don’t buy non-perishables, household supplies, go to UPS, etc. unless it’s an activity day. And then I do it all at the fancy suburban locations of the places I used to go to in the city. If I’m waiting at pickup, I always have a book or paperwork- no phone scrolling! It is good to have set times to get stuff done. In the summer I go to nearby parks or walking paths and exercise during DD’s workout.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics