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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved this summer but were aware of the HS tryouts and summer sessions back in late May. Child is going into 9th. While official tryouts begin next week, there has been a summer league, a "camp," and twice-weekly conditioning practices since school let out in June. My child has attended all that were feasible (maybe 5/6ths) and feels like he knows a bunch of the kids and is now familiar with what's expected and how it works before tryouts. While he's nervous about who may show up at tryouts and knock it out of the park (he's good but not an Allstar) he's done all we can. I'd say he has a 60/40 shot, but it would have been less if he hadn't participated in these things.

We managed to get him to practices across town (before we moved) sometimes 4x a week (much easier after we moved in), he was a CIT for 3 weeks, we took an international 2 week vacation, and he's had time to relax. It hasn't been easy. But the sports things were no more exhausting than the trip or the move. DH works hybrid and I am an academic, so yes, I have more flex in the summer (though I work quite a bit at home in the summer).

DH took the lead on this. But the info was well-organized and communicated early. It's a lot, but in no way do I feel like we can't take vacations or our kid has to miss out on summer opportunities like camps, classes, or vacations in the future. We just can't do those ALL summer (but we wouldn't anyway). [/quote]

Your post oozes of privilege.  How does a single working mom handle this schedule you described above? [/quote]

Talk to the coach, friend or family or Uber.  How do you get your kid places normally?[/quote]

This post also oozes of privilege assuming there are friends and family available to drive and that one can afford Uber.

I think you all need to recognize it is really hard for many kids to get transportation and your child would have to really want this badly to make the effort. My child's friend walked a really long distance to the bus, switched to three different buses and walked another mile to the practice field. Also a single working mom.[/quote]

People have acknowledged that it’s hard for some kids. Repeatedly. And they’ve offered suggestions. We get it. Your kid has to walk 8 miles uphill without shoes each way to practice and none of the alternatives offered is helpful. Not even the free bus ride after a mile walk to the bus stop.

And not having privilege isn’t the only thing that makes sports hard for some kids. Special needs kids might not even have the option of the bus because they might not be capable of doing the mile walk.

Some people will always have it better than you or your kids. And some kids will have actual real insurmountable obstacles and your kid’s road will look like a walk in the park. [/quote]

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