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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s all bragging rights. I see it in my kids, they’re friends, but most especially the parents!

They all are obsessed with saying their kid is going to play at xyz school (no matter the academic caliber, some you never heard of). They got caught up in the high school world and talk.

[b]In a year or two nobody gives a sh@t. Seriously. They don’t.

Don’t go to some crap school or much lower academic school just so you can put “committed” on the HS Instagram page.

Nope. Stupid move. [/b][/quote]

My kid was totally caught up in that. [/quote]

PP with DC who went to club instead. Totally understandable, we were too. Although the financials were clear to us, it was still very, very difficult emotionally to pull the trigger and reject the varsity offer. And frankly it was harder for the parents than for the kid. Kids are resilient, they move on ... but parents still rueful in abrupt stop of all the EXCITEMENT (and perversely, satisfying sacrifices) in bringing kids to practice, maxing out credit card for camps/lessons, cheering and supporting them to national level, travel to tournaments, the medals/trophies filling the living room, and most of all the BRAGGING rights with other parents. [/quote]

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