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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry OP. Thank you to the reminder to keep my kid playing rec level.

Put them in an individual sport with a clock. No disputing times. Team sports are highly subjective.

Or wrestle and pin someone.

Yeah there isn't the same rec vs travel dynamic with winter swim. We love it. It's character building with less drama.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry OP. Thank you to the reminder to keep my kid playing rec level.

Put them in an individual sport with a clock. No disputing times. Team sports are highly subjective.

Or wrestle and pin someone.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um.. you could just end it now. Kids don't need travel sports

Tell that to kids that don’t want to give up and give 100%, as a parent I just keep my mouth shut and let them deal. I’m not sure what it will take for them to say enough BS. The junior is getting recruited (no thanks to any of these a-holes) and just want the final confirmation so I can finally tell them all what I think.

Nobody is going to care what you think. I’m sorry, but the idea that anyone should care what some random parent thinks is so precious that it makes me think that your real issue here is that you aren’t getting the attention you think you deserve.

DP. They won’t care. It’s getting it off your chest. Mic drop.

But, OP, I’m sure like us- you will just rise above it. The results and accolades your kid gets will speak volumes. We have seen the daddy ball kids come up dry by Senior year. College and pro coaches sure don’t care about daddy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um.. you could just end it now. Kids don't need travel sports

Tell that to kids that don’t want to give up and give 100%, as a parent I just keep my mouth shut and let them deal. I’m not sure what it will take for them to say enough BS. The junior is getting recruited (no thanks to any of these a-holes) and just want the final confirmation so I can finally tell them all what I think.

Nobody is going to care what you think. I’m sorry, but the idea that anyone should care what some random parent thinks is so precious that it makes me think that your real issue here is that you aren’t getting the attention you think you deserve.

That’s what they love to throw around. It’s just not true. My kid got so effed over over the years and he’s playing D1 now. We went through so much BS and it always is : must be a p@sped off parent. The cream will rise to the top. It sounds like that is starting to happen with your junior and recruiting. The daddy politics begin to not be effective by the end of HS and daddy can’t pave the way anymore. He hits a wall.

If the kid loved the sport, they will persevere and come out of it with a reason and a vengeance which funnels into their play. Grit.

It’s always the douchey parents (usually the brown nosers) that blame the parent.

It worked out for my kid and like you I just let them deal as painful as it was to watch. I drank A LOT of wine the last few years. GL

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Anonymous wrote:Um.. you could just end it now. Kids don't need travel sports

Tell that to kids that don’t want to give up and give 100%, as a parent I just keep my mouth shut and let them deal. I’m not sure what it will take for them to say enough BS. The junior is getting recruited (no thanks to any of these a-holes) and just want the final confirmation so I can finally tell them all what I think.

Nobody is going to care what you think. I’m sorry, but the idea that anyone should care what some random parent thinks is so precious that it makes me think that your real issue here is that you aren’t getting the attention you think you deserve.

Oh for Pete’s sake. Be an adult and parent. Pull your kids and stop whining.

I'm sorry OP. Thank you to the reminder to keep my kid playing rec level.

Anonymous wrote:It’s character building

Dealing with a-holes and watching awful behavior by adults is definitely an experience.

Anonymous wrote:Um.. you could just end it now. Kids don't need travel sports

Tell that to kids that don’t want to give up and give 100%, as a parent I just keep my mouth shut and let them deal. I’m not sure what it will take for them to say enough BS. The junior is getting recruited (no thanks to any of these a-holes) and just want the final confirmation so I can finally tell them all what I think.

It’s character building

Just stop! Wtf

I played soccer for 20 years myself and I have grown to hate the sport, OP, for what I have witnessed with my kids over the years.

Um.. you could just end it now. Kids don't need travel sports

*effing (autocorrect)

Ugh!! 3 more years. I’m so sick of awful coaches, awful parents, back stabbing, mind games and politics.

The amount of sh@t I’ve seen the past 10 years is enough to make my mind explode. The shitty way they treat kids and the arrogance. Bad examples all the way around.

I’d like to nut punch a bunch of them.