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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son was recruited by a lot of schools and ultimately picked a high academic D1 school over a higher level of play because academics are more important to him.

He went to a DC area private known for tough academics.  His cumulative GPA was a 3.6 and his SAT score was a 1390.

He definitely would not have gotten in if it wasn't for his sport.  I will also add that the head coach also acknowledged how tough his school is and that they took that into consideration when looking at his transcript. [/quote]

Pp yes, this makes sense to me from what I’m seeing. And now that I have a sports kid (my other dc played sports but at a different level) I (conveniently ;) sort of don’t mind whereas a few years ago I might have thought it was ‘unfair’ that the ‘jocks’ got a boost.  I can now see how my dc’s devotion to his sport has taken up so much time, and how my other dc had the luxury of having weekday time/almost full weekends to study and prepare for big exams, while my sporty dc is training for hours every day, and spending entire days and sometimes even weekends traveling and competing. [/quote]

So, I am the PP. I would be lying if I said my kid spent all his time training and that’s why his grades weren’t as high as they could have been. He just didn’t care that much- he was fine with B’s. As for training he didn’t go overboard on that either- he was a 3 sport athlete and only focused on his college sport during junior year and that was the only year he didn’t play his other sports.  [/quote]

He sounds great, and you also sound like a very reasonable parent who let their kid find their path. [/quote]

Thanks so much. I am an educator and naively that parenting would be a breeze, but it's the hardest thing I've ever done.  Lots of missteps along the way.  I am lucky because I have a great partner in my DH.  He and I have been going to weekly couples therapy since our kids were in MS. We also read parenting books together and listen to the same parenting podcasts.  What we've learned is that you have to let your kids be who they're going to be. Your dream may not be their dream whether it be sports or other hobbies, how they like to dress, what they want to study in college, etc.  You also have to let them make mistakes and refrain from fixing everything (I used to be a fixer and that was really hard for me to unlearn) because otherwise they won't learn.

Show up for your kids, support them and always tell them you love to watch them play. If they were supportive of a teammate (or an opponent) or showed great sportsmanship tell them you noticed. Do not critique their performance- they know what they did wrong and have already heard it from their coach.  If there's time, stop for an ice cream on the way home.

As for my son, I think he's going to be alright...  Still has a long way to go with lots of mistakes still left to be made, but he will get there. :)[/quote]

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