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[quote=Anonymous]Parents who expect their kid at early ages to know exactly what they want are nuts.  Very few people will ever have that strong sense of clarity no matter what age.  You need to calm the F down.  Travel with the right program offers a more robust learning program than playing rec.  My DD recognizes that from age 6 when she said - well rec is great with friends but if I'm going to get better I need to work with actual coaches so at age 6 she had 3x practices a week!  I had zero expectations except to let her lead the way.  This did not mean she had psycho drive to be the best player nor does she say now at age 12 she wants to be a pro.  But I can tell that 6 years of travel soccer has made her understand what a commitment is - the practices, the games, the good and bad moments all - the money us worth it for these lessons outside of soccer.  She has enjoyed playing on a team and socially enjoyed making friends and with new teams, learn to work with new kids she doesn't know.

The plus side is she's got a lot of talent and I'm seeing her progress with every year.  I have zero expectations as a parent other than that travel soccer has benefitted her as a person.  That for me is enough.  [/quote]

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