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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bragging rights primarily. 
We do rec ( kid in MS) and 3 girls on our U14 team have come back from travel to rec because the pressure was too much and they couldn’t do other things. 
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All three of my kids did travel sports and I found it to be  the most fun part of  parenting.  My favorite parts include:

1. One -on -one trips with your kid.  If you have multiple kids, you don’t get a lot of individual time.  Traveling to tournaments and sharing  ahotel room is a great opportunity to build your relationship.

2. Greater insight into you kid’s world. Because tournaments require parents and kids to spend so much time together (Particularly so much downtime) You get to observe their world and a way that you never would ordinarily.

3. Joint project provides opportunities for complex lessons. Your  kid’s travel sports career Is sort of a joint project. This provides lots of opportunities for more complex questions like how to be a team mate to someone you’re competing with.  
 
4.  Little moments. Over The course of your kids travel career they’ll be tons of moments.  And those little moments will be a touchstone Between you and your child forever.  Years after my kids stopped playing - We still have our inside jokes about their teams.

There’s lots of other reasons to do travel sports.  But be aware that if the goal is athletic excellence travel sports is a very small part of that. [/quote]

All but #3 amounts to spend time with your kid.  Which is good advice.  Everyone find ways to spend time with your kids.  
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