Is this obsession healthy

MSUDad
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:19:00 +0000

bandit-TX makes an interesting point.

Sports/arts “gifted” kids are being pushed too hard in one direction, especially in the sports area, where injuries are common and the moneymaking tier is ruthlessly, ruthlessly cutthroat. When I see a 5-ft-7 kid planning on getting a football scholarship - and avoiding his studies to pursue it - I really wonder where the parents are.

I call it the American Idol Syndrome: Simon Cowell is the only person who tells these dreamers “ah, you can’t sing and you need to do something else.”