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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was my kid her sophomore year in HS. She was benched most of the game, and got “pity seconds” at the end of the game,  only if the score was not tight. To make things worse, she hated the culture of the team. She was taking demanding courses as well. On top of that, she played a different sport on a competitive club team, although it was their off-season, they still had random weekend tournaments, to include Friday games, which would conflict with HS games.

She would come home crying, asking to quit. We made her tough it out. She finished the season, and did not go out for that team next year. I don’t think it has much of an impact on her college apps. [/quote]

This is the way to do it.  This season will be over in a matter of weeks.[/quote]

What? Watching your kid go through completely unnecessary misery (this is an [b]optional[/b] extra curricular activity that is supposed to be good for the child, after all) such that she came home crying daily is "the way to do it"? To do what? Undermine a kid's instincts and self-determination? What kind of people are you raising? What's this kid going to do when faced with an abusive husband? Mom and Dad always taught her to stick it out, and keep those commitments! What about when she's the CEO of a failing company and the right choice is to shut it down? Stick it out until it's completely ground down and people lose their shirts?

Teach your kids about priorities and when to say "enough." I'm not saying everyone should quit everything when it's hard or isn't fun anymore, but some of you have lost all perspective on what we are doing here. [/quote]

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