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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much bad advice on this chain.

There's all sorts of evidence that HS athletes do better academically in-season than out of season. Boys, in particular, play more video games and use more substances when they're not playing sports--and, predictably, their grades suffer, they don't improve. (But at least they get to enjoy worse mental and physical health, so there's that.)[/quote]

Don't sacrifice happiness and fulfillment in the teen years for a vague hope it results in better grades and a *maybe* a higher ranked college. If the kid wants to play three sports and keeps an A- gpa, I see zero problem. [/quote]

+1. This is so important.  Your kid is actively involved in school, has friends, is getting physical activity and has a good GPA.  Ask yourself why you want him to drop to 2 and then 1 sport.  No, the sports are not going to help with college more than any other EC but they are not hurting.  There is no guarantee he would be spending his free time studying.

My son was in year round sports until he quit them all and no, he did not suddenly devote that extra time to studying.  He found other things to fill his time.  They were not all bad things and over the course of HS he picked up some great hobbies and 2 different part time jobs.  But no, he was not hitting the books studying for English, etc.

Let him enjoy his HS experience!  [/quote]

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