I'm gonna disagree...I had a son who did crew...very expensive and extremely time consuming...we paid for it!! We stood out and begged for donations and we paid $400 each spring if we didn't sell coupon books for this pizza joint in town that sucked so bad I wouldn't feed it to a dying dog...
My other kids did marching band and softball...I knew where my kids were...they became incredible adults and have an incredible work ethic and can get along with the crappiest people...
I'm happy to say they didn't go out and gang bang, do drugs, get pregnant, or wind up in Juvinile hall.
We spent a lot of money, donated our time and raised so much money!! We traveled and chaperoned and car pooled when busses weren't available in the fall...
I would totally disagree with you...keep sports and other extracurricular activities in school...go out and support them!
