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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sports, OP. Sports. [/quote]

This is insane to me that people think this.

Folks, the high school sports crowd are the partiers.  Wake up![/quote]
Yes!! Play hard, party harder, anyone? The jocks make substance abuse a badge of honor. Definitely for alcohol anyway.[/quote]

Well, there is a big difference between the football/lacrosse crowds and the cross-country/tennis crowds.  Choose your sports wisely![/quote]

While I’m hoping that you’re right bc DS runs XC, DH was a state-ranked cross-country runner in HS and disputes this.  I dated a tennis player in college and he was definitely a partier starting in HS.[/quote]

I think times have changed. [b] Competition is much tougher these days, and there is definitely a "your body is a temple" mindset. [/quote][/b]

LOL.  We live in a very sports oriented town.  I have one recent HS grad and another in the thick of it.  I can promise you that certain high profile sports teams (who are also sending kids to college as recruited athletes) are the source of the biggest parties.[/quote]

A "sports oriented town"? Pick a better place to live, PP. [/quote]

Have you been to an UMC?/"good schools" town that ISN'T kinda sports obsessed?  I sure haven't[/quote]

Yes, there is a huge difference between a town that glorifies their boys' football/hockey/basketball/etc teams above all else and an UMC town that values high achievement in everything (sports, academics, extracurriculars).  In the DC area, sports are big, but academic achievement and "being the best" at everything is bigger.  Kids who are on the cross-country or swim/dive team in FCPS are generally not going to vape.

It's not "Beartown" or "Friday Night Lights" around here.[/quote]

So I'm in New England, not DMV, in a town public school system that consistently ranks in top 3 or 4 in the state. But I can't imagine it's really that different. Town is full of doctors/lawyers/finance folks etc. Kids take a million APs/ECs and the push to go on to a name brand college is strong.  And the lax players (who tend to come from wealthy families, not a cheap sport especially for those who play in private leagues) are huge partiers.  This has hit closer to home for me recently because my younger kid is now part of that sports program and the opportunities to party have come way before he was really ready to navigate them. I can't speak to swim team/track as I haven't had a kid on those.  But unfortunately there's some significant social capital concentrated in a few sports programs (soccer/Lax in our town), these tend be to the wealthy/popular kids who party.  So yeah, not Friday Night Lights.  More like kids with big houses whose parents head off to the beach/ski/lake house for the weekend.  Look high school sports are great.  I"ve had kids in soccer, basketball, field hockey, and lacrosse. But don't kid yourself that they are somehow a different breed of kid who transcends risk.[/quote]

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