Silicon Valley Parenting: Kids' Best Years Consumed by Sports and Accelerated Classes
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-09-28
Reacting to a firsthand account of Bay Area parenting, vaibhavbetter laments how a teenager with one club sport trains 3-4 evenings year-round and nearly daily in season, sacrificing other talents, without being national-level. He notes outsiders instantly spot the strangeness while insiders normalize the insane hours spent on sports, advanced classes, projects, and internships — a lose-lose where kids lose their best years.
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