Maybe it’s because I’m an old fart, but an 8 year old kids shouldn’t be playing baseball at 8:45 on a school night...
Just my thoughts...
Seeing how most parents have to come home from work, change their clothes, eat dinner, and then get their kids to the game, 8:45 pm is a perfectly reasonable time to be playing baseball.
As it was more than 40 years ago when I was playing little league sports.
Sigh. My son Has been somewhat swept up in the official activities, but I have always been reticent about organized activities. Don’t get me going.
I felt vindicated when I was pregnant, as on vacation then I happened to get a USA Today in our hotel which had an expansive article about this obsession with official organized sports (and other activities). Basically emphasized free play. I’d like to mention the fact I want them to have homework time, free time, and family time, too. This seems to come from the perpetual babysitting approach to parenting. 5 decades of it has not improved our country.
That’s normal. Especially for travel ball tournaments.