Ep 18 Is spending $8,000 a year on youth sports worth it?

https://heysammi.com/  how much should parents spend on youth sports? a mom in scottsdale wrote to me after her family spent 8,000 dollars on travel soccer in one year. her husband wants to cut back, she's afraid their daughter will fall behind, and they're stuck asking who's right. in this episode i explain why that's the wrong fight: he's arguing about a number and she's arguing about a fear, and those two things never touch. i take on the falling-behind myth directly. where the phrase comes from, why the youth sports industry needs you to believe it, and what actually sets kids back, which is burnout, overuse injury, and quitting, not one smaller season. i also do the college scholarship math out loud, 8,000 a year for eight years is 64,000 dollars, and explain why calling travel sports an investment usually means calling a lottery ticket insurance. then the way out: unbundling the club package, the middle options between 8,000 and zero, how to hear what your spouse is actually worried about, and the one question a couple should answer together before the next registration check. what is this money actually for? got a question for the show? email me. [email protected]  https://heysammi.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices