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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watching the grandfather he was extremely close to die from a terminal cancer was pretty bad.

He's had many rejections/demotions in sports (some where a coach told him he was getting moved up; only to have a higher up TD block it because of a butt kisser); he's had some coaches ghost the team, he's seen really, really bad parent behavior and had a few injuries that caused him to miss a season, etc. The sports world was pretty brutal to him, much, much more so than anything related to school.  This is why I think sports can be so beneficial for kids.  It's a place where they deal with difficult people, learn to work together and to overcome disappointment, they experience their first rejections, see there are better alternatives, watch what they thought was a bad thing end up opening so many other doors and opportunities.  And, they learned sometimes all the hard work and RESULTS won't make a difference.  Somethings are not under your control.

Things with school have been very merit-based for him so far which is such a welcome change.[/quote]

Oh and we have always had the 'if they don't want me, I don't want them' mindset with coaches, schools, etc. [/quote]

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