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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still feel rage for my now grown children. One was kicked off the crew team at a regatta, supposedly because parents didn't feel "safe" with him being coxswain at the meet. (the skull had capsized once when they hit a log in practice, not unusual). In truth, another influential parent wanted their son to be coxswain.
My daughter was eliminated from DI team just before their trip to national trials, because wealthier family had joined the team late. 
A friend's child was asked to leave scout troop because wealthy SAHMs didn't have room in mini van for her son.
All of these are cases of wealthy, entitled families basically ambushing a child who had participated fully because their friends wanted a spot. The crushing impact on self confidence and esteem was pretty awful to see. I'm still angry at myself for not being more insistent on their behalf, but not sure what I could have done.[/quote]

This is terrible, PP.  I'm sorry.  :(

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This all may very well be very true.  And it also may be a parent who refuses to accept that her kids weren't quite up to snuff, and constantly makes excuses for them.  We'll never know.  [/quote]

Does it matter that the kids weren't quite up to snuff. If they had been members of the teams and participated fully it's not OK to kick them off at the point of competition or during a regatta or in the middle of a scout year. This is an excuse often made by wealthy families to eliminate kids who aren't in the clique.[/quote]

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