No. Do you?
The whole thing sounds to me like pure insanity though. I’m not talking part-time, I am talking about the full-time travel.
I would be willing to bet that it is the parent driving the child most of the time. A kid has a little talent and fun, and the parent takes that goes nuts. What normal parent thinks it’s actually good for a kid to live a life like that? What about roots? what about stability? None of that exists with a life like that.
I do. Have the experience of being a parent to a travel athlete, that is. Lacrosse, for the record. Women’s lacrosse.
You have read now one article on the topic and you seem to think that you know everything there is to know about it.
You don’t.
She rec’d a full ride to an out of state Division 1 school, and through the misfortune of a knee injury, was red shirted so she was at said school for 5 years. Turned it into a masters in addition to her undergrad.
Now is the youngest assistant AD the prep school she coaches at (in a major lacrosse hotbed location on the east coast) in their history. Also coaches a club team. In two years has been to the championship game twice, winning one of them.
Oh, and in those same 2 years has given birth to 2 beautiful healthy baby boys (married to her college sweetheart).
Frankly, I think my wife and I did pretty well, not that I’d ever consider us normal.
I’m sorry to suggest the following, but like the old Firesign Theatre album says (on this topic), Everything you Know is Wrong.