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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Even I am surprised to see the level of spirited discussion this topic has generated. After reading overwhelming opposition to football, any second thoughts are now removed. We will stay firm to no football. That leads to a perfect segue into the topic of Crew. The next thing DS asked is particiaption in Crew if he cannot do football. We did not let him sign up because of time committment and he needs to get adjusted to the curriculam. I believe the crew time committment is even more than any other sports because there is travel time to get to practice and back. Other than health and team work benefits, are there any other advantages to this sport. [/quote]

You are micromanaging your kid too much.

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DP. But maybe not.   I think parents up to and including senior year of HS should put their foot down when it comes to playing football.  It’s a health and safety thing.  I also think that parents of TJ kids need to know their kids and step in if things get out of control.   The Tzj school psychologist just did the youth survey results and talked about how important it was in TJ’s environment for parents to keep an eye on work-life balance and stress management and intervene ibefore kids run themselves into the ground. For example, don’t let a kid who struggled to get sophomore year work done with 2APs take 5 APs junior year.  And if OPs kid is having trouble adjusting to a TJ workload and grades aren’t great and the kid is not getting enough sleep, the parent should put their foot down before letting the kid pick up what is easily the most time intensive sport, with practice every day, all weekend, all spring break etc., plus a long commute.  Plus, freshman year spring semester homework picks up—IBET project, the (god awful) robot project, the Romeo and Juliet project, plus Math 3-5 is harder and more time intensive than RS.   PP— I think you are smart to be talking with your kid about what about how much time they are able to devote to a sport.  Because crew is a brutal time commitment.  Agree with PP about track and field. My understanding is that practice runs every night, but kids can do that by showing up at 2 or 3 practices a week, their choice which ones.  Your kid might or might not have the talent for it, but they candidness something in track or field they can do, get out a couple evenings a week in the spring for practice. [/quote]

OP here. Exactly my feelings, and you have said better than I probably could have. There is no micromanaging going on here, just trying to understand work-life balance from other parents experience so that we could make informed decisions and not just say Yes / No to their demands. If he was going to a base school this would be so much easier and we wouldn't need to worry about all the different aspects  of it. Parents need to be very actively involved whether we like it or not when it comes to TJ, mainly due to the workload and that it is commuter school doesn't make it any easier. [/quote]

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