Episode 11 Guest: Jennifer Smith (Retired youth soccer parent) - Now that her kids are older, Jennifer Smith reflects back on her time as a youth sports soccer parent. Hindsight is 20/20, but she would have done a lot of things differently... - Non-sports parents on the outside looking in saying... "Are you crazy?" (Like when you reschedule a flight to Italy with your family that has been planned for years for a soccer tournament...For an extra $2,000) - Whatever it takes not to miss out. Swipe the credit card. Figure it out later. - Because of all of the money people are spending on youth sports, the result matter THAT much more. - The pressure of pay to play on coaches when it comes to playing time decisions - Extra training: The "secret starter training" - The perpetual fear of falling behind (even if it means overuse injuries) - Walking a tight rope financially every month, taking on a 2nd job, hoping you make ends meet - Relief that the 1st college bill is actually CHEAPER than the Youth sports bill - If you don't play club sports, it's hard to even make a high school team these days - And a comparison for the ages: Youth sports to Multi-Level Marketing Pyramid Schemes - AND MORE HOT TAKES!

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