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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being on teams and sports is part of childhood.[/quote]

I don't get the issue here.  I was a national high school champion in my sport, and yes, used it to get to college. But even if I wasn't that good, the competition was intense and made me feel like I was living, and not just getting by. And it wasn't my single mother parent pushing me. She was supportive but this was all my decision. Yes, I missed out on a lot -no prom -no parties-no drinking or pot and so on as the stakes got higher from the 7th grade when I first got noticed. But I did unusual things. A week after getting my license I drove at age 16 to run a national meet in Knoxville against college runners.  Stopped at Indianapolis to get a training session in, and cadged a free dorm stay at Univ of Tenn - lived on peanut butter but who wouldn't loved this at age 16? Of course there were nerves involved as you had to compete with insane intensity, but everything else later in life did not seem so hard. I can't imagine a life without sports. [/quote]

+1. I don’t know if my son will ever be as good as you but sports are who he is and he’s following his passion and dream.  IMO this is one of those IYKYK situations.  Not everyone is going to understand or agree with these values.  My son plays his sport 6 days a week during the winter and 5 days a week in the spring and fall.  He’s been doing this since he was 10.  It’s who he is.  He probably wouldn’t even miss practice for a birthday party.  He’s committed and we support that.  Some people on here make discipline sound like a bad thing.[/quote]

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