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White mom here. Yes you are right. I want my kids to have a childhood that does not feel like drill school. I also am not a fan of travel sports teams for most kids as they seem ridiculous over investment of time/money vs enjoying playing the sport for fun.

I do not want to be in an atmosphere where my kid needs to drill for hours to keep up with the top vs doing a normal amount of work and letting aptitude help them along.

I do not think those other parents are bad parents. I just do not want that environment for my kids. We picked a more “normal” (for America) school zone and are happy with the non-extreme level of competitiveness. [/quote]

PP here.  I don't think there's anything wrong with more laid back parenting.  The thing I think is wrong is criticizing other parents because their kids are working harder than yours and winning the awards.  There are many activities out there that my family has decided that we have no desire to be competitive and won't be winning any awards.  That's fine.  People should choose the level of investment they want in an activity, and then accept the outcomes that will naturally flow from that choice.

It's very white privilege to choose to work very hard at sports, but not at academics or music, happily accept that your kids are winning all of the sports awards, but complain that Asians are dominating the academics and music.   [/quote]

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