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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 2 very athletic children, 1 not so sporty, and the 1 athletes eventually went D1, could have easily done D3.

By proximity we have a very large amount of friends who are in the same situation.

One thing I learned going through the process is that parents with non-sporty kids can not contain their [b]jealousy[/b].

Each of us tries our hardest to only talk to each other about the commitment process and playing in college. Our true friends are happy for us and a few just very nice wonderful people, but generally there is a ton of vitriol around athletic recruits.

I advise parents of up and coming athletes to only talk to parents in a similar situation and every time they branch out, they feel the hate. [/quote]

That may not be jealousy. They could be waiting for a chance to change the subject. I've seen this from the outside because I married/had kids late. When I was single my friends/cousins had kids in sports and some not in sports. The ones with kids in sports talked about their kids' sports nonstop. I know a lot about team/coach politics, but I enjoyed hearing it.  I'm not sure if my kids will do sports or not, but all the kids are turning out great, so cool either way.[/quote]

Agree.  It’s not necessarily jealousy.  I can’t stand the bragging and I am not particularly interested in sports, so I’m not dying to talk about them.  Also, I tend to not discuss college with other parents IRL.[/quote]

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