Parents When are they supposed to sleep?

[notthatmom]

I live in a crazy sport town. All sports go this many hours - all year round. In the other sports, they are considered separate seasons but they all have 4 seasons year round with crazy practice hours and weekend tournaments. It is hard to find a sport just for fun. Most kids are on 2 or 3 teams a season, of the same sport or different sports. You are looked at as odd if you don't spend all your free time at your kids sports. Even the band needs 20 hours a week commitment. You mean this isn't how all towns are?!?!

Your town sounds like a movie about Texas high school football

 

[Seeker]

I live in a crazy sport town. All sports go this many hours - all year round. In the other sports, they are considered separate seasons but they all have 4 seasons year round with crazy practice hours and weekend tournaments. It is hard to find a sport just for fun. Most kids are on 2 or 3 teams a season, of the same sport or different sports. You are looked at as odd if you don't spend all your free time at your kids sports. Even the band needs 20 hours a week commitment. You mean this isn't how all towns are?!?!

Maybe you should move!

 

[JazzyMom]

Maybe you should move!

I would but we fit in so well! LOL!!! We are in New England. Actually, people are trying to get into my town. You can't buy a house here. There are people who have stayed in hotels for a year or more just to get in. It is crazy!!!

 

[sce]

I would but we fit in so well! LOL!!! We are in New England. Actually, people are trying to get into my town. You can't buy a house here. There are people who have stayed in hotels for a year or more just to get in. It is crazy!!!

Wow, I thought it was crazy where I live. That sounds nuts!

 

[rosiekat]

I live in a crazy sport town. All sports go this many hours - all year round. In the other sports, they are considered separate seasons but they all have 4 seasons year round with crazy practice hours and weekend tournaments. It is hard to find a sport just for fun. Most kids are on 2 or 3 teams a season, of the same sport or different sports. You are looked at as odd if you don't spend all your free time at your kids sports. Even the band needs 20 hours a week commitment. You mean this isn't how all towns are?!?!

Yes, it's pretty much like this where I am. In fact, 2 of our L5 guys are also putting in 12 hours of practice per week for football. All the sports, all the time!

 

[OzZee]

Gymnastics in particular WAG goes high hours very young (5-9) whereas whilst most other sports at a competitive level are also high hours the high hours tend to start later (10-14).
I think many gymnastics parents have spent years defending the high hours of their child's chosen sport that by the time everyone else in a competitive sport is doing high hours year round they don't notice.

 

[B.Gold]

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/20...for-putting-kids-at-perceived-but-unreal-risk

Times have not necessarily changed, perception has.

I argue this all the time and I'm amazed the push back I get from my peers, everyone is so scared. Several years ago I made a conscious decision not to parent from a place of fear. Whenever I make a parenting decision I check myself by asking myself just that question....am I denying my dds an experience because I'm fearful of it. If the answer is yes, I rethink my decision. Now that one has a driver's license I'm finding I have to check myself often!

 

[sce]

I argue this all the time and I'm amazed the push back I get from my peers, everyone is so scared. Several years ago I made a conscious decision not to parent from a place of fear. Whenever I make a parenting decision I check myself by asking myself just that question....am I denying my dds an experience because I'm fearful of it. If the answer is yes, I rethink my decision. Now that one has a driver's license I'm finding I have to check myself often!

Seriously though, that is a great way to look at things. I can only imagine how terrifying and wonderful that milestone is.

 

[skschlag]

Seriously though, that is a great way to look at things. I can only imagine how terrifying and wonderful that milestone is.

I have to agree with B.Gold. Hold my breath everytime ODS gets in the car and goes somewhere! Or worse, when I get home and he's not there. Sigh. They grow up too fast.

 

[bogwoppit]

I argue this all the time and I'm amazed the push back I get from my peers, everyone is so scared. Several years ago I made a conscious decision not to parent from a place of fear. Whenever I make a parenting decision I check myself by asking myself just that question....am I denying my dds an experience because I'm fearful of it. If the answer is yes, I rethink my decision. Now that one has a driver's license I'm finding I have to check myself often!

Me too, the driving is a very tough one.

 

[Quadqueen]

I would but we fit in so well! LOL!!! We are in New England. Actually, people are trying to get into my town. You can't buy a house here. There are people who have stayed in hotels for a year or more just to get in. It is crazy!!!

In New England?? I'm surprised.