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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS did a travel sport, tons of ID camps and now is playing for his college as a recruited athlete. All this to show that I have had a significant amount of similar road and plane trips involving his playing his sport.

This thread is yet another example of why I learned pretty quickly to just focus on my own child throughout all those pre-college sport years. When early on I helped two other families by taking their kids as well as my own, I was taken for granted and burned financially. Did not even get a verbal "thank you" from one family. From then on, I politely declined any requests to take other children and just focused on my own. The "village" I have found is often not fair to those who do the actual work. Even when an event came along where another child would not be able to attend without my help (read: driving, chaperoning and paying) I declined. As it often does, the poor behavior of some can ruin future opportunities for others. It is what it is.[/quote]

How can these people live with themselves? I was embarrassed when a friend paid for my kid's $10 or $12 souvenir and made sure my kid paid him back right away. It's what you do.[/quote]

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