1 minute ago, CanadianMamam said:

I have a lot of thoughts on the spelling of those names…. 

The names of the daughters in the Nelson family are not for the faint of heart. However, if you’ve ever heard of Utah names, they fit the bill.  

1 hour ago, clueliss said:

That would be the daughter. The mother is Tiffany.  Oldest daughter., KennaDee had a son back in February.  

I have a lot of thoughts on the spelling of those names…. 

48 minutes ago, Ozlsn said:

If I had a child who was into it, and who wanted to train at that level then I'd probably consider doing it. Same with acting etc. - but it wouldn't be the whole focus of the family because it couldn't be, and it would have to be balanced with the needs of the family. At the end of the day if you're that passionate about something you will find ways of making it work as a late teen/adult, not doing it as a child isn't an automatic exclusion.

I think her oldest is definitely into it but she wants to be a missionary, so in 3 years all of this time and money will have been for what -- mom to feel like she's "omg dance mom with five kids so on top of things." I just feel so bad for her toddler who's almost never doing toddler things - no playgrounds, no library store times, just being shuttled to practice after practice.

I would totally watch that game if I could; I'm very curious to see the quality of Jerm's goalkeeping. I don't like him but that doesn't mean he's not got some talent in the area.

25 minutes ago, Ozlsn said:

If I had a child who was into it, and who wanted to train at that level then I'd probably consider doing it. Same with acting etc. - but it wouldn't be the whole focus of the family because it couldn't be, and it would have to be balanced with the needs of the family. At the end of the day if you're that passionate about something you will find ways of making it work as a late teen/adult, not doing it as a child isn't an automatic exclusion.

Yeah I see a lot of people paying thousands and thousands of dollars spending every weekend for months traveling for sports. And the kid may end up getting sick of it and quitting. I’ve seen kids get burnt out by 15. My niece is going to college for golf and she didn’t start at 3 like Tiger Woods. She started at like 13 or 14. And mostly played through her public high school. Although she did some extra tournaments in the summer. I agree kids don’t have to start in diapers to do well in a sport. And they don’t have to be on the most expensive travel teams. I personally think that sometimes they get burnt out faster that way. 
 

My kids are the only kids in my extended family that don’t want to play sports. Which is both good and bad. I love watching children's sporting events. But it would also be a lot of work.