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[quote=Anonymous]My kid is good at school - it comes easy to her and she just does well. Last year, she’s took all AP classes including BC calc and physics C and did great. She is also a strong writer and loves the classics and history.  None of the other kids that are as strong as she is academically are on travel teams. There are kids that do well academically and any parent should be proud. But I just haven’t seen this all around excelling in everything. Kids do tend to have a superpower. For what it’s worth, my kid does play a sport and enjoys it. But she is far from “elite”.

I am sure there are kids that are at the top of their game in all aspects of life, but those kids are extremely rare.

But back to the question at hand. Some sports parents care about academics. Some don’t. Some follow their kids passion. Some impose their own hang ups.  Some are looking for scholarships. Some just want to focus their kids on something. So in essence, sports parents are like all other parents. [/quote]

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