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[quote=Anonymous]I have one sports kid and one music kid. The sports kid wanted to try travel for a year and we did because he was good enough and because he wanted to and we can afford it.  He lasted only one season -- he liked the frequency of play but not all the travel (early times, missing stuff with his school friends) and we didn't like the parents (hyper competitive, singularly focused). He was back on a lower level team this year and much happier. (and of course, he is now a much better player).  He will play his sport recreationally for his whole life, will never be good enough for college or beyond.

But interestingly my music kid is much more involved, spends more hours on music than my sports kid does on sports, and I think it's a lot. There is so much pressure for year round work, competition, etc that I really don't think was around when we were kids But music is his life and there is literally no way I could stop it - it's totally worth it for him, it's a big part of his identity and he would not give it up.

I honestly think you just have to try to listen and leave it up to the kids if you can, so they have your buy in.

No chance of me ever pushing a kid to swim at 6 am in a cold pool 2 hours away without them loving it.[/quote]

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