Hindsight is 20/20, But the Pressure is 100

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!