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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you don’t have enough perspective on this yet. From where you sit getting into a great college is the end goal. But it’s not really.

Once all these kids are 30, come back and tell us which are happiest and most productive in something that matters. [/quote]

Life does not stop at 30, or 40, or 50, unless you die, and we all want to die before our children.  If you classify everything into this win/lose dichotomy you will always feel insecure and miserable.

I have a friend who had a fabulous career and ambitious husband at 30-something, turns out he was an addict and died and left them all penniless a couple of years later.  Oops, looks like she “lost” right when she was supposed to be winning!

I don't want my kids to “win,” I want them to be resilient and handle the curveballs life throws at them, because there WILL be curveballs.  And travel soccer won’t necessarily give them that particular skill.[/quote]

Just get them a math tutor, that oughta do it.[/quote]

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