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[quote=Anonymous]So to sum up it seems these are the questions to ponder:
- What are the opportunity costs to child (and family)?  I.e., what is s/he giving up?
- Are there side benefits to the sport that s/he can obtain.  If s/he were injured and couldn't compete at elite levels, would it have been worth it?
- Does it help or hurt self-esteem?  If a girls' team, are there mean girls (think Gabby Douglas) and how will your daughter react?
- What are the financial costs, and if your child doesn't become an Olympian, or whatever the equivalent, will you wish you hadn't done it?

Our son competed at the international level in an academic area.  Totally worth it.  Niece spent huge numbers of hours in  a sport that she is good at but was injured before reaching the top levels (national).  Do I think she could have spent time doing other things?  Yes.  Did it help develop discipline and other good things?  Yes.  Is it an asset to her career aspirations - only 8in the sense she has drive. Would she give it up, in retrospect? Never.[/quote]

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