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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what’s hard for a lot of us is we grew up in a time when things were less competitive  but we grew up in families without a lot of money. So if you had the money, there was a lot of opportunity and you could join a swim club, join a gymnastics team, or get into a good private school as long as you could pay for it.

I remember thinking as a kid that I just needed to make money so I could give my kids those things. But now there is an order of magnitude more of people who are trying to get the same things, and in most places there aren’t more swim clubs being built, more competitive gymnastics programs being opened, or more elite private schools opening. We thought we could just earn more money and that would earn us access, but the finish line has been moved and the bar has been raised along the way.[/quote]

No never thought that.

Have however thought about finding what intrinsically motivates each child, make them set their own goals, help them find good programs and let them fly.

Can’t teach or buy Grit and motivation. [/quote]

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