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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the mindset of parents who sign their pre-teens up for intense travel sports?  Are they trying to keep up with the Jones'?  Hoping their kid will get a baseball scholarship?  Hoping their kid will be the next David Beckham?  I just don't understand the appeal of an entire family sacrificing all of their weekend and weeknight time to these leagues.  Patrice's multiple night s a week sometimes an hour away from home, tournaments lasting all weekend long four hours away, how do so many parents get sucked in?[/quote]

Without reading any posts after this one and getting sucked into flame wars, OP I will say that the main reason people do this is because they really truly believe their kid has a shot at becoming a pro athlete or an Olympian. At least that has been my experience with friends and my kids' friends. I don't think people do it to keep up with the Joneses because most of the Joneses don't do travel sports. I agree that for 99% of families it's not a good investment of their time or money, but some people don't put a price on dreams or their kids' happiness. It's not my business.[/quote]

Your friends are not typical. Most absolutely are keeping up with the Joneses so their kid has some social capital and so they have a shot at making a HS team. Most do not believe their kid will go pro or be an Olympian. [/quote]

My current friends who do travel sports and intense private coaching are probably not typical.  Some even homeschool to put sports first. I admire their dedication and their optimism, but I think it's a gamble, and with my own kids I don't put all my eggs in the sports basket.

I don't really associate with a lot of keeping up with the Joneses type people any more. I found they add nothing to my life. [/quote]

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