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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, but I'd rather spend the $6000 on building their intellectual horsepower. My kids were all good athletes but size and speed were not in their gene pool. My son was a varsity tennis player (good but not great) but he really got into science so he went to a couple of science camps. He went to Harvard and he is now a doctor. It's unlikely that tennis would have gotten him to the same place.[/quote]

Don’t fall off your high horse there!  It doesn’t have to be either/or. [/quote]

With very limited resources it does have to be either/or. $2000 is a great deal of money to me even if it's not to you. $6000 impossible. Some of us are not as blessed as you must be. [/quote]

It really varies by family.  We don't have an high HHI but we make $6K work between sports, camps and private lessons (may spend more but we don't count) as we live under our means in a small house, older cars and don't have a lot of fancy things.  I know other who have nice cars, nice vacations and amazing houses where $6K would be impossible in less they were willing to change their lifestyle.  If money is truly an issue, many places do have financial aide, so money cannot always be an excuse.  [/quote]

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