Anonymous
10/24/2014 01:02
Subject: Re:Children's activities that are a money pit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:14-17 year old DD having sex and getting pregnant.
Funny! Not as expensive as 14-17 DS having sex and getting lots of people pregnant.
True. DS, DS your the man, if you can't do it no one can. One Morrrreee!
Anonymous
10/23/2014 15:46
Subject: Re:Children's activities that are a money pit
Anonymous wrote:This is why I am glad my DD found community theatre. It's free.....
I have never found community theater to be free.
Anonymous
10/22/2014 11:04
Subject: Children's activities that are a money pit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Competitive swimming.
What? Really? What is needed other than the swimsuit?
The private lessons at $35/30 min.
Anonymous
10/22/2014 11:00
Subject: Re:Children's activities that are a money pit
Anonymous wrote:14-17 year old DD having sex and getting pregnant.
Funny! Not as expensive as 14-17 DS having sex and getting lots of people pregnant.
Anonymous
10/22/2014 10:59
Subject: Children's activities that are a money pit
Anonymous wrote:Competitive swimming.
What? Really? What is needed other than the swimsuit?
Anonymous
10/22/2014 10:49
Subject: Children's activities that are a money pit
Competitive swimming.
Anonymous
10/21/2014 17:34
Subject: Children's activities that are a money pit
I have two friends who are almost broke due to dance (kind of exaggerating but not really).
Also any "travel team" sport - soccer, baseball, hockey etc.
Also any "travel team" sport - soccer, baseball, hockey etc.
Anonymous
10/19/2014 04:29
Subject: Re:Children's activities that are a money pit
14-17 year old DD having sex and getting pregnant.
Anonymous
10/19/2014 03:33
Subject: Children's activities that are a money pit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am the ruiner of dreams.
So many parents I know think their dc has a chance to be a professional in whatever sport the kid is interested in. The number of deluded adults I know is amazing. They don't realize the staggering odds against their dc making it on anything beyond a high school team. I've seen parents discuss this at sporting events and saw one mom cry and a dad walk away enraged when a group was discussing how unlikely any of us would know a kid who made it in professional baseball or football.
Forget tennis. If your kid isn't playing competitive tournaments by 9 or 10 you are sol. Even then the probability of your child doing anything other than making a high school team is so so small.
In the burbs here, it is not unusual for parents to pay for private coaching for little league.
+1 by 9, 10, or 11 you need to be breaking state records if you wan to go pro.
Hey Sloane Stephens didn't start playing tennis until she was 9. As long as a parent has the money it's ok to live in lala land.
Sloane Stephens is an outlier. Kudos to her and her family. Take a look at the top junior and college level players over the last 10 years and examine how many made anything of themselves as pros.
Anonymous
10/17/2014 15:50
Subject: Children's activities that are a money pit
Tae kwon do = take your dough