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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t get you guys at all. My kid plays on a serious travel team. She’s a 7th grader, so not in HS, but so far the only thing she missed all year was a sleepover- and she went to the event and stayed until 10 pm. But so did two other girls who do similar sports. She also plays 3 sports at her middle school and is in the play.

There are 5 girls on the team who live in our neighborhood and most played together during the rec years then moved up. Additionally, she’s been to bat mitzvahs for 3 teammates this year and had amazing experiences at away tournaments hanging with her team. The parents are also very close- helping each other with everything from carpools to dog sitting. If that’s not community, I don’t know what is.

Does her sport take up a lot of time? Sure. Is it time she’d spend selling lemonade on the block? No. She’s got three great communities- school, the neighborhood, and her sport. As long as she loves doing it, the only downside I see is incurred by us parents doing the driving and paying. But we go into that with eyes wide open. [/quote]

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