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[quote=Anonymous]It generally isn’t a great idea to miss many kids’ sports games OP- and we save our “misses” for illness or important family events. It isn’t about “missing childhood” but rather honoring commitments, after a certain age (what specific age that is, is debatable I suppose). I assume we aren’t talking about kindergarteners here.

I’ll use my 12yo DS as an example- he plays travel baseball in the fall and rec baseball spring/summer. On his travel baseball team, it was agreed by coaches and parents to carry 11 players - a smaller roster allowing tons of playing time for all. That roster size allows leeway for illness or important family things but if every kid missed for social events they wouldn’t be able to field a team! The alternative is a larger roster but then parents get upset when their kids sit too much. The travel season is just for a few months. In rec ball (little league), there is more flexibility during the regular season for sure (the games are not important and the schedule is light) but at playoff time, coaches really need kids there- they plan lineups, pitching, etc ahead and it is rude and inconsiderate to miss unless it is important. For summer all stars, kids agree to be present for every practice and game as a condition of being on the team (illness etc aside).

In many team sports, kids need good attendance to field a team. The alternative is to have huge teams where kids sit the bench a lot (no fun- every kid and parent hates that).

Poor attendance also reflects poorly on the child at a certain point, and can harm chances of making future teams.

The kids aren’t “missing childhood”- they have fun playing sports and still have plenty of free time (mine do, anyway)- but so have to plan around things so may not be available on a given day.

Hope that helps

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