I'm not against sports but teens need 9 to 9.5 hours of sleep. We need to stop treating sleep like it is a luxury. They literally need it. Just because they can plow forward without it does not mean they don't need it and you aren't harming them by not making it a priority.

I have an injured child who is super depressed he can't play sports. It surprises me that people can't comprehend that many kids love playing team sports.

And with that said, despite my kid being injured and not playing sports he is NEVER asleep by 10:30. He is finished with homework by 530 or so. He has wayyy too much downtime and spends way too much time watching stupid YouTube videos. He can't wait to get healthy and get back to his sports schedule. He hates not being able to see his friends and be active and only watching the videos because he has nothing better to do.

Anonymous wrote:My gosh! Why is it so important to do sports for you all? Do you even realize how few kids get to play on the high school team? And how many kids get scholarships? Why the madness?
Instead spend quality time with your children and let them enjoy their childhood-
-parent of a happy , well adjusted college kid who avoided all the sports madness yet kid ended up at a top school

You're confused.

1. Because it is more important to my kid to play sports than myself. Maybe your thought process is all about you, but don't project.

2. What are you talking about? Few kids play on the high school team? I have 3 kids, 2 in high school. The 2 aren't particularly athletically gifted, but each play 2 sports, two different seasons.

3. What does a "top school" have anything to do with sports? Stay on topic.

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Anonymous wrote:My gosh! Why is it so important to do sports for you all? Do you even realize how few kids get to play on the high school team? And how many kids get scholarships? Why the madness?
Instead spend quality time with your children and let them enjoy their childhood-
-parent of a happy , well adjusted college kid who avoided all the sports madness yet kid ended up at a top school

Because it is enjoyable, social and good for overall fitness. Maybe my son will play in high school, likely he won’t, but he’s never mentioned it either way. He likes hanging out with teammates.

Ditto. And I’m actually sitting at one of those practices right now, which ends at 9:00 pm. There are around 100 kids practicing on the fields here. Doesn’t seem like madness to me, looks like they’re having fun playing a sport they love. DS finished his homework (no prompting either) and had dinner already so he’s good.

Tritto. It is ok not to enjoy organized sports but many kids do, and there are a lot of benefits!

It is healthy, social, helps them learn organizational skills, the value of practice, and so on ... plus my child likes it.

I guess it depends. My son does training off season that we schedule. He picks the 8-915 slot in order to get homework done first. He comes home, showers and bed. I HATE the early practices because he really doesn't want to do homework after practice because he's spent by then.

My son also doesn't have to get up for school until 8pm, as he leaves the house for school at 820.

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Anonymous wrote:You pulled him from a sport he loves because of that? Dumb move

So if someone said that 3 nights a week they weren’t feeding their kids would you be cool with that? Kids need sleep
As much as they need food. Having a chronically overtired kid is a recipe for disaster. You are supposed to be a steward of this person. Take proper care of them.

Most people don't need 10-12 hours of sleep. I do, my kids do not. Its no a big deal to have sports later and there are benefits such as homework/meals. Sports are good for exercise, working as a team, social and much more.

Anonymous wrote:You pulled him from a sport he loves because of that? Dumb move

So if someone said that 3 nights a week they weren’t feeding their kids would you be cool with that? Kids need sleep
As much as they need food. Having a chronically overtired kid is a recipe for disaster. You are supposed to be a steward of this person. Take proper care of them.

Anonymous wrote:It would be too much for us. For middle school my older child gets up at 5:45am, sometimes 5:30. Sports make me and my kids more alert and awake so getting to bed would be hard. If it were just on a Friday and/or Saturday night, that would be fine.

This is not sports related but 5:30? That seems very early. Is DC’s school far away or is this just regular wake up time? I can see why late practices wouldn’t work though.

It would be too much for us. For middle school my older child gets up at 5:45am, sometimes 5:30. Sports make me and my kids more alert and awake so getting to bed would be hard. If it were just on a Friday and/or Saturday night, that would be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:My gosh! Why is it so important to do sports for you all? Do you even realize how few kids get to play on the high school team? And how many kids get scholarships? Why the madness?
Instead spend quality time with your children and let them enjoy their childhood-
-parent of a happy , well adjusted college kid who avoided all the sports madness yet kid ended up at a top school

Because it is enjoyable, social and good for overall fitness. Maybe my son will play in high school, likely he won’t, but he’s never mentioned it either way. He likes hanging out with teammates.

Ditto. And I’m actually sitting at one of those practices right now, which ends at 9:00 pm. There are around 100 kids practicing on the fields here. Doesn’t seem like madness to me, looks like they’re having fun playing a sport they love. DS finished his homework (no prompting either) and had dinner already so he’s good.

Whatever floats your boat..

I just picked my HS student up from marching band practice and the girls soccer team was just starting practice. There is NO WAY I would let my student practice a sport until 10 p.m. on a weeknight. That is nuts!

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Anonymous wrote:My gosh! Why is it so important to do sports for you all? Do you even realize how few kids get to play on the high school team? And how many kids get scholarships? Why the madness?
Instead spend quality time with your children and let them enjoy their childhood-
-parent of a happy , well adjusted college kid who avoided all the sports madness yet kid ended up at a top school

Because it is enjoyable, social and good for overall fitness. Maybe my son will play in high school, likely he won’t, but he’s never mentioned it either way. He likes hanging out with teammates.

Ditto. And I’m actually sitting at one of those practices right now, which ends at 9:00 pm. There are around 100 kids practicing on the fields here. Doesn’t seem like madness to me, looks like they’re having fun playing a sport they love. DS finished his homework (no prompting either) and had dinner already so he’s good.

Tritto. It is ok not to enjoy organized sports but many kids do, and there are a lot of benefits!

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Anonymous wrote:My gosh! Why is it so important to do sports for you all? Do you even realize how few kids get to play on the high school team? And how many kids get scholarships? Why the madness?
Instead spend quality time with your children and let them enjoy their childhood-
-parent of a happy , well adjusted college kid who avoided all the sports madness yet kid ended up at a top school

Because it is enjoyable, social and good for overall fitness. Maybe my son will play in high school, likely he won’t, but he’s never mentioned it either way. He likes hanging out with teammates.

Ditto. And I’m actually sitting at one of those practices right now, which ends at 9:00 pm. There are around 100 kids practicing on the fields here. Doesn’t seem like madness to me, looks like they’re having fun playing a sport they love. DS finished his homework (no prompting either) and had dinner already so he’s good.

Anonymous wrote:My gosh! Why is it so important to do sports for you all? Do you even realize how few kids get to play on the high school team? And how many kids get scholarships? Why the madness?
Instead spend quality time with your children and let them enjoy their childhood-
-parent of a happy , well adjusted college kid who avoided all the sports madness yet kid ended up at a top school

Because it is enjoyable, social and good for overall fitness. Maybe my son will play in high school, likely he won’t, but he’s never mentioned it either way. He likes hanging out with teammates.

My gosh! Why is it so important to do sports for you all? Do you even realize how few kids get to play on the high school team? And how many kids get scholarships? Why the madness?
Instead spend quality time with your children and let them enjoy their childhood-
-parent of a happy , well adjusted college kid who avoided all the sports madness yet kid ended up at a top school