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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watching the grandfather he was extremely close to die from a terminal cancer was pretty bad.

He's had many rejections/demotions in sports (some where a coach told him he was getting moved up; only to have a higher up TD block it because of a butt kisser); he's had some coaches ghost the team, he's seen really, really bad parent behavior and had a few injuries that caused him to miss a season, etc. The sports world was pretty brutal to him, much, much more so than anything related to school.  This is why I think sports can be so beneficial for kids.  It's a place where they deal with difficult people, learn to work together and to overcome disappointment, they experience their first rejections, see there are better alternatives, watch what they thought was a bad thing end up opening so many other doors and opportunities.  And, they learned sometimes all the hard work and RESULTS won't make a difference.  Somethings are not under your control.

Things with school have been very merit-based for him so far which is such a welcome change.[/quote]

[b]Oh and we have always had the 'if they don't want me, I don't want them' mindset with coaches, schools, etc. [/quote][/b]

Great post until the bolded, that's a pretty strange mindset to have.  Agree with the rest, for all of the people here that mock sports it's more than an EC to get into college, it teaches the value of hard/team work and the joys of winning and lows of losing...pretty important stuff to learn when your are young.[/quote]

DP.  Words to live by.  Teach your child to value themselves. [/quote]

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