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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think most of us are in agreement:
It's nbd if you put your kid in 1-2 hours of math enrichment per week.  It's great if your kid spends much more time doing math lessons or contests because he or she loves it and wants to.  It's bad if your kid spends tons of time on math enrichment because you're forcing the kid.

Similarly, for sports, it's nbd if you put your kid in a low time commitment rec sport so the kid is getting exercise, even if the kid doesn't like it.  It's great if your kid is on a high level, time consumptive travel team because the kid loves the sport and wants to do it.  It's bad if you're forcing your kid to play on an intense travel team.

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While this may be true for some people, we hear way less vitriol about athletics.

No one is accusing travel team kids of cheating when they make the cut for varsity.[/quote]

Travel team kids rarely play for their high school teams. Their travel team schedules, at that age, are too demanding and the travel coaches worry about injury.

there are plenty of folks who think the travel sports industry is out of control. There are articles written about the increased number of concussions, blown knees, tommy johns surgery and burn out. Read some of the threads in the soccer and sports forums here. The parents are crazy.

The big difference is sports in school is an extra while access to school is a right. Access to one, sports, is nice but access to the other is a necessity. [/quote]

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