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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't believe this is even a NOVA issue since it is happening all over America, whether it is California, Texas, Massachusetts, and so on. You have to put your kid in competitive sports at a young age to even have a chance of playing at the high school level. There aren't many rec options once you get to the middle school level, and every school team by then has competitive tryouts. There is no way to pick up a new sport by late elementary or middle school. Kids have to determine their interests at their young age or else it is too late. I don't want to encourage my kids to get into sports because I know it is going to suck for them in the end.

It is especially frustrating when there is basically nothing you get in return for investing so much into youth sports. Most kids will never play in the NCAA, and varsity sports don't matter much for college admissions. I don't know how it is reasonable for any family to invest so much time and money and risking their health for basically nothing. [/quote]

Completely agree that it’s problematic for kids to have a hard time picking up new sports after ES.

Disagree strongly with the rest, because we’re fortunate enough to be able to afford extracurriculars (even though we’d probably be considered DCUM LMC). We expect no ROI on sports or music lessons but happy, healthy adults and I find the expectation that there’s more to it really weird, tbh.

Risking their health? One of my kids was able to articulate at age 12 that they got a huge mental health boost from exercise. They do organized sports AND ad hoc stuff outside with friends virtually every day.

Assuming that it’s all about college admissions and D1 scholarships is a really myopic view, OP.[/quote]

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