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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I have always admired highly athletic kids and wish them the best, I am just so glad that mine never fell into that category.  The commitment required for travel sports sounds exhausting, and many of the parents seem insufferable.  And for what?  The vast majority of the kids end up putting the sport largely behind them, more often than not before college.  I just don't get the appeal.[/quote]

I don’t understand why people care so much about what other kids do. But I’ll bite..our kids enjoyed travel sports because they loved their sport, got frustrated in rec when kids missed games and practice at the drop of a hat, liked the competitive nature and overall higher skill and commitment levels in travel. None of them had any interest or desire to play in college. But they made great friends, stayed fit, and had great time management skills which served them well in high school and college.

Why isn’t the same disdain shown to non athletic extracurriculars? It gets old. [/quote]  I wouldn't say I have disdain for travel sports or other highly competitive expensive exracurriculars, but I would never let my child do them. Money aside, these activities are intense abd really don't allow kids to be kids and have a childhood. I don't want my child so busy that they do not have time for much else.[/quote]

So if your kid developed a particular passion that they loved enough to put the time in to improve, be it music or sports or whatever, you'd discourage it?[/quote]

Possibly, but  its not like im putting a blanket ban on all activities or sometjing.. I'm not 100% sure. Do you really let your kids do whatever they wabt? No limitations anywhere?  I think travel or high competitive activities are way too expensive and a time suck, not just for me, but for my kids. Like I said, I think for kids 14 and under free time and free play ate very important. [/quote]

14 is too late to jump on the competitive sports bandwagon.  If you wait that long, it's long over.  [/quote]

Then it's over. I'll listen to my kid and discuss things with them, but at the end of the day kids don't get to do everything they want.[/quote]

It's also going to be fun because all of that "free time" will be spent on devices. Do you think 14 year olds are playing at the park?[/quote]

Why not? 14 and under are kids. I absolutely expect then to be kids, what wrong with that? Devices arent big at my house, so that's a non issue [/quote]

Sure, every 13 year old with no extra curriculars focusing on being a kid avoids just playing video games and texting [/quote]

So are you saying imposing limits doesn't work?[/quote]

So you don't want your kid to just be a kid and enjoy the freedom of childhood? How many teenagers do you see at playgrounds? [/quote]

Of course I want them to be kids and enjoy their childhoods. That's why I won't let them veg on screens all the time or overschedule them. I also find it sad when young kids are over it and don't go outside atcall.[/quote]

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