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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's telling that these posts almost always end up talking about super star - which let's face it, nearly all of our travel team kids won't even be playing in college.

Travel team travel team travel team :)  It's about trying to vicariously dream/feel hero glory through your children and about status/pecking order as if you and they are doing something special (reliving the pecking orders of jock culture adulation that passes down from generation to generation).  [/quote]

No. For most people, it's NOT about trying to vicariously dream/feel hero glory through your children and about status/pecking order.  It's about teaching your kids that there's value in working hard to get better at something. It's about being physically active 4-5 days a week. It's about making friends who share a common passion for a game.  It's about spending hours each week on a field instead of hours in the basement playing video games. It's about learning time management skills, the value of discipline, how to deal with victory and defeat, how to make a commitment and stick with it, all while doing something that you love.  Most parents from club soccer that I know are realistic about their kids' abilities and what their soccer futures look like.  Parents are on the sidelines to support their kids, not because they're living vicariously through their kids.  That's an urban legend that you haters love to perpetuate.  There's a different value proposition in club soccer than in rec, even for the B and C team players.  It's not for everyone, so choose what's best for your kid but don't knock others' choices and stop stereotyping their motives.   I don't look down on your kid's decision to NOT play club soccer, so don't look down on my kid's decision to play and my decision to support him.  Grr. Just sick of this drivel. [/quote]

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