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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My thoughts:

-I'm going to be frank and say that top20s and even UVA are just as hard admits from the DMV as the Ivies are. The only kids getting into UVA from our private are also getting Ivy admits.

-I regret all the time spent playing sports. All those weekends that we could have been spending more time together as a family (yes, we did drive to games but it's not the same).  All that money wasted. That is my one parenting regret.

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Don't totally disagree but what would you have been doing instead? Sitting home solving math problems and learning a fourth language isn't a good answer.

I agree that the hard core travel sports can be a bit much, especially when your kid is the worst on the team. But my kids spent tons of time playing rec sports and it was great. They enjoyed it. They made friends. We made friends. They learned a lot about teamwork, socializing, winning, losing. Skills that translate to college and the workplace. [b]Core capabilities that Tiger parents don't appreciate or value.[/b] It provided some structure and routine for our lives. But it also didn't take over our lives.[/quote]

Shame on you for your ignorance and racial implication regarding a certain group. Pushy parents of every ethnicity exist in every discipline, team sports included. Also core values like you mention can be developed outside of sports, in robotics teams, youth orchestras and chamber music, etc.

You need to bleach the bolded sentence out of your brain, PP. It's untrue at every level.

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