I am tired of being a Soccer Mom. I never really fit the profile anyway (I don't have a mini-van), but I'm not sure I will do this another season. The girl's love it and they are improving-- BUT the time commitment is killing me. 4 nights a week plus 2 games on Saturday. I keep thinking about a talk in General Conference that talked about simplifying our lives and not over-booking our children into activities. I feel that soccer makes me cranky and I am sick of feeling like I am personally supporting the big wigs who ru
n the gasoline corps. I am asking you-- Is it worth it? Let's debate the PRO's & CON's of our children's activities-- Piano lessons= life long talent; soccer=seasonally fit children; Soccer= makes mom uncontrollably cranky; Soccer= leverage--can be taken away;
What else? You Debate the reason why I should just suck it up and deal with it --as if you were a child who really loved soccer and wanted to continue the sport--- And you (yea you) Debate mom's point of view-- reasons why it is justifiable to pull my children out at the end of the season.
Bring it on, I'm ready...
Saturday Night Hootenanny
1 day ago
3 comments:
I agree with all of it. I have had to take a really hard look at that also. My kids get one sport a year. Even that is alot (with 4 kids) but I look at it as good exercise, a valuable source to learn sportsmanship, and committment. So even though you are comletely fed up (which most of us, I think, get when the season is about over) Stick it out. It teaches committment and deication. (I try to be really careful not to let my kids think that quiting is OK) Than next year you can take another look at the whole picture. Hang in there!
Denise
It is a great thing to help the kids feel like they have accomplished something. It does also teach dedication. Maybe try seeing if some of the other parent will do a car pool with you. Each of you take one night a week and take the kids to practice.
ali
my mom was a dance mom for 19 years of her life for 2 kids...my sister is now living my dream and is halfway through getting her degree in performance dance and will open her own studio in a few years. I on the other hand have used those 19 years in being able to make a difference teaching pre-teens and teens ballet and (somehow) became a mentor for quite a few of them. I know the soccer schedule is hard, but trust me... atleast they aren't dancers. Elementary through middle school it was studio practices 2 hours 3 times a week for 2 kids, both on different days, then Highschool dance team (both of us over 8 years) it was practice EVERY day except Sunday from 5:45-8am, competition season took 5months out of the school year. And as much as I groused about not being able to have weekends...my poor parents didnt have mornings, weekends, or night either because they had to take us to the school at 5am, they got "volunteered" in to making the team breakfast every week, or sewing 30 costumes by such and such date..not to mention cost of costumes, dance gear and bus travel. All in all though, it was worth it for my sister and I. I know my parents are absolutley loving the fact that both of us are out of the house now... but I really am thankful that my mom and dad stuck it out with me. If they didnt, I dont think either one of us kids would be where we are today, her in college for it and I teaching. The gratitude that I have for both my parents is quite immense that they forfeited their "free-time" to support their kids dreams. And oh yes, a few times it was leverage for us to do stuff... if anything, i'd keep it around for that. :)
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