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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom only let us pick one activity. We couldn’t both pick something like a winter sport so I played winter basketball and my brother played spring lacrosse. [/quote]

Yeah, it's this. Children can't pick any sport they want. They have to do the same sport with the same league, or have an off season so the other child/ren can do their sport. OP has serious lack of boundaries and is not putting the relative unimportance of kid sports in proper perspective. These activities do not matter for college admissions as much as she thinks they do. Grades and academic rigor are still going to be the main factor.[/quote]

You really know how to put the fun in sports.[/quote]

If centering your life around your childrens' whims and running yourself ragged to fulfill all their desires is your idea of fun, I wish you well. As for me, I'm signing them all up for cheap weekend rec soccer and calling it a day.[/quote]

That’s great (sincerely) but I’d be curious to know how old your kids are.

In my experience, as kids get older, and passionate enough about something (be it music or dance or sports or whatever) that they’re willing to work hard at it, parents start to sacrifice more.[/quote]

+1. My kids were on very simplified manageable schedules until about middle school. It was heavenly and it was by design. If you have never parented tweens/teens it’s hard to understand how their schedules get crazier and more driven by the kids themselves and their passions. Yes you can tell them no, but you want them doing what they love and enjoy. It’s really hard for me because I am an introverted homebody. I want nothing more than to be on my couch in my pjs each night by 7:30pm. So the HS years I am currently in with my kids are tough. But I love them so I give up my comfort for their passion. It’s not forever.[/quote]

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