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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So only the top 1%-10% families can even have kids competing in some of these expensive sports? I would never say the child getting private skating lessons and training isn’t good at figure skating, but there can only be so many kids even wealthy enough to compete—and those that are, how much is it about natural talent and how much is it about the amount of money parents are willing to throw at a sport?[/quote]

We live in a small house, drive older cars and live under our means.  Its all about priorities.  We have the money available because of the choices we make.  We are far from wealthy.[/quote]

We're the same. And we didn't make the choices because we were intending to sacrifice for activities, we just live a modest life. When it turned out our kids were interested in things and we could afford to support them in them, it made sense to do so.

It is, however, an option to do things cheaply. You can do competitive club lacrosse without spending 6K. You can do competitive swim without spending 6K. You can support a musician without spending 6K. If you don't have the money it's not like your kids can't pursue things. But if you do, you don't have to tell them that can't have that second lesson a week, or can't travel to that intensive weekend training, and so on.[/quote]

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