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[quote=Anonymous]Yes. It is expensive and a big committment and our team only practices 2 times a week but some of the weekend stuff is 5 hours away.

I would not do it if I felt I did not "have to".

I have changed sports to try to keep him from being in highly competitive sports.

Sometimes we will do local travel/club teams to give us a break but eventually the parents on the other team complain and question his age. It ends up that my son gets benched 1/2 the game so we don't run up the score or he is asked to pass the ball and not shoot. It's a real "catch 22".

My advice is if you daughter is challenged with a level of dance that is more schedule friendly go schedule friendly but if she is just not happy, feeling stagnet, etc then do the more competitive level.

I think 7 is young, we waited until middle school for my oldest. Also, we take periodic breaks (though people act like we are going to be way behind or miss something really important) so we don't deal with burnout.

I have many friends who were competitive dancers and run dance studios now. Good Luck![/quote]

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