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[quote=Anonymous]        This is silly.  Looking through the responses over the last several days, the parents of boys in the Madlax program have been painted as (a) facilitators of child abusers, (b) acting in a fashion akin to enablers of a Nazi regime, (c) “bad parents,” and now (d) “jokes.”  That is quite a broad and execrable brush to be painted with.  Any contrary point to your uninformed opinion you summarily dismiss as a “rationalization.”

Here are a few facts (really facts and not “rationalizations”).

1.  FACT:  My son plays on two lacrosse teams:  a rec team and a madlax team.  There is a large overlap of players on the two teams and the boys have had a lot of fun playing together with their team mates for several years and have had great team experiences on both teams.   The fact that they play together on two teams has made the experience on each team better.

2.  FACT:  The interaction between my son and his team mates with Maddux has to date been essentially non-existent.  We have found the coaches coaching my son’s team to be pretty good and in some cases very good.  If that changes for any reason (including, but not limited to boorish behavior or intimidation of any kind) my husband and I will pull our son immediately out of the program.

3.  FACT:  There is lots of parental involvement (not of a helicopter variety).  Most parents are at the games and some parents are at each practice.  If there is an issue (and there have been from time to time) parents talk to the coaching staff.  So far this has worked out.  If that changes for any reason my husband and I will pull our son immediately out of the program.

4.  FACT:  While I cannot speak for all of the families with boys in the Madlax program, I can speak for the families of my son’s team mates.  Academics come first for these boys and they are all good students.  If Maddux did not know before, he certainly knows now that if he places a game, or practice above academics, parents will vote with their feet.

5.  FACT:  There are not an unlimited number of options to play club lacrosse in Northern Virginia.  VLC has a strong program, but the Madlax program in my son’s age group has traditionally been stronger.  My husband and I have looked into this and concluded that for the moment it makes sense for us to stay in the Madlax program.  If things change, then we will re-evaluate.  Blackwolf has an excellent program, but its program does not extend down to my son’s age level and try outs are by invitation only.  In the event that the Blackwolf program becomes an option for my son, my husband and I will certainly look at it, but for the moment it is not an option.

In summary, my husband and I have concluded that notwithstanding Maddux’s absurd and unforgiveable emails, our son will play with his team mates this fall on a Madlax team.  We are comfortable that this is a rational choice (not a rationalization) for our family.  If things change, then we will move on and not look back.  If my husband and I are “jokes” and “bad parents” in your eyes so be it, I really (really) do not care (and cannot conceive of why you so passionately care about something that is absolutely none of your concern).  However, I am comfortable in concluding that given your over-wrought comments on this blog, the “joke” may be on you and that the “jokester” may be a lot closer to your home than mine.
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