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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I should move to Europe. You guys are clearly my people regarding sports. To an outsider it must look like Ameican parents are all trying to create little circus performers. The people I know who have always loved sports and encouraged their children in time-intensive sports are also generally very competitive about everything. They can turn the PTA into a competition, or the size of their house, or how many A's their child gets. Competitive sports is just a great way of getting routine affirmation if you are a very competitive person who needs it. This has nothing to do with people who run or swim or hike for exercise. If you really think you or your child does a competitive sport just for fun, imagine it without the scores or rankings. If you don't still want to do it, I don't think you're in it for the fun.[/quote]

The thing is colleges don't care if you go for a hike for exercise.  They want to see commitment or leadership in a consistent activity- whether that is soccer, other sports, music, or something else.  So for parents who want their kids to go to a decent college, it is not that they want a "circus performer," so much as to put their children in a position to be a competitive candidate for college. [/quote]

That's actually what I figured. Parents are encouraging their 3rd graders to play travel soccer so they can get into a good college in 10 years. That's screwed up to me. [/quote]

And it often backfires. [/quote]

My third grader plays travel soccer because he likes to play soccer, and all,of his friends who,like soccer play travel.  Has zero tondo with college.[/quote]

So why does he play year round for so much $$$.  Just because he likes to play?  That makes no sense.  You are keeping up with the Jones'  - following the pack.  [/quote]

You are mentally sick. How do you know what previous PP's kid likes or doesn't like? [/quote]

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