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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the world has always been this competitive, but in the USA, now more "travel sports" programs have moved down to the age 8-12 group and demanded 3-4 practices a week, multiple games a month, and stupid & unnecessary out-of-state tournaments.

This boxes out the athletic kids from being multi-sport for longer, finding their people, and playing on local or school teams.

Frankly the only good way to be multisport in addition to 1-2 primary activities is to go to a small middle or high school, or private school. Your kid will be nice and well rounded, and the teams won't have A, B, C teams where club players only make varsity and showup for half the practices. [/quote]

There is a difference.  One you would know if you lived elsewhere (just for reference, I have lived on 4 continents).

The big difference is that in the US it is not just being competitive.  It is not just winning.  It is winning and crushing the competition.  In the rest of the world, the emphasis is on doing well.  Winning is secondary.

Maybe then the solution is emphasizing that winning isn't everything.[/quote]

I don't know anyone raising their kids to think winning is everything. When people say "in the US" they are not talking about everyone's experience here, maybe 0.5% of people, and ironically these people already won because they already are rich. So what are they trying so hard to prove and achieve?[/quote]

First gen Indians fight tooth and nail. Here [/quote]

Same with Koreans. Poster you’re responding to has no idea what they’re talking about. [/quote]

Korean American here. I don’t think we are obsessed with winning at all. Yes, most Asians are academically focused. I don’t think we are fighting tooth and nail. Most Koreans I know are totally Americanized and assimilated into American society. I know my mixed Asian kids are. They do well academically and are very athletic.[/quote]

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