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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been through the sports wringer with my kids and as a volunteer. I have never, ever met parents of a kid on a travel team who did not assume that their kid was a potential star. I've never met one.

Also those posts about young kids being frustrated by playing with less talented peers. The parents are the ones who feel that way and teach it to their kids.  [/quote]

This. Like the people on another current thread who have CONVINCED themselves (and tried to convince others) that without spending all weekend every weekend shuttling around to endless sports, their elementary school kid simply won’t be able to get into a good college.  :roll: [/quote]

That’s what they *think* they’re doing. The reality is that being the 900th soccer player they see in the admission pool is meaningless.[/quote]

Hardly. It's because if my sporty kid wasn't doing his sport he'd be playing video games. He's not into other activities. He has made his choice so we support him. I don't care how many other kids are in his sport, in our house he has to find something to do with his time because he's not going to be a lump on the log while he's under my roof. If you're cool with your kid playing video games all day and nothing else, then you do you. Why are you so concerned with how people not you spend their time? And believe me, he still finds plenty of time for video games, just not all weekend long.[/quote]

Why do parents think they have zero control on their child's video game/screen time? Why is that the only alternative?[/quote]

It's the alternative I personally have chosen. I'm sure other parents have other strategies. Why does it matter?[/quote]

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