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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Self motivation.  I was a college athlete and my parents drove me to and from practice when I was a kid but that was pretty much it.  They didn’t even stay to watch practice or ask about it.  If my kids aren’t self motivated I know that activity will end eventually and I tell them that if they don’t want to go to practice it’s a sign they should probably stop when the season is over.  
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I feel bad now but nobody went to my brother’s high school varsity football and Lacrosse games except occasionally my father.  If my father stayed home he would listen to the game on the radio while working in the yard.    They never had to drive him because the neighborhood kids organized themselves to play sports on their own and only played with a coach in middle school, high school and some continued on to college and some to pro.   I always felt bad for the Lacrosse players because the ones who went pro didn’t  make enough to live on and nobody cared. [/quote]

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