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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did this. Kids older now and I really wish we hadn’t.  Not good for the family, our marriage or relationships.  It’s hard when “everyone is doing it” [/quote]

I feel the opposite.  This is how we have built our friendships (kids and adults alike) - with sports, scouts, dance, and school.  Kids are now 20, 18 and 17 and getting ready for empty nest soon.  All of the projects we've put off through the years can be done then but we spent the time together while we had each other.[/quote]

Newsflash, those of us not over scheduled are spending a lot more time together.  [/quote]

Not necessarily.  A lot of the parents I know who refuse to let their kids join travel sports or other time-intensive activities do so because they can't be bothered/feel like it takes away from their leisure time.  They do not fill the extra hours with more family time.[/quote]

I disagree, obviously parents can parent how they want, but I don't see it that way. Travel sports are obscenely expensive and time consuming, maybe that's why they are saying no, these sports affect everyone in the family and not just the kid playing. Money alone would be make me say absolutely not to travel sports for kids.[/quote]

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