I've been following this site for well over a year, lurking and reading everything that you all post, learning tons from your knowledge, ony recently posting, and have another problem I hope you can help me with. The questions of "how do I know my son is good enough for college" and "What level could he play at" have been a main question for me for some time. After all, I don't want to waste my son's time or coaches time trying to get into a college he's not good enough to get into. This past year he played HS and travel for 1st time, did very well at both. This was also the first year he's had proper instruction from people who've played college ball (it's just been me to this point and I'm no baseball guru). It's been suggested to me by people who've played college ball that he has the talent to play college, possibly at a D1 level (He's a U15 this year and lots of growing to do) so I don't want to get too far ahead. He'll be hitting a Midwest showcase next year and possibly a PG the year following (he's a 2017). That, however, isn't my question. My question is how do you, as a parent, come to terms with the fact that your son is that good? It might sound like a strange question, but I have always taught my son and lived my life of trying to be humble (not always successful). But now he's showing me that he's got a special talent. I don't know why this is difficult for me to grasp, but I'm having some anxiety over this. I've come to think it might be the fact that, if he plays college, he'll be gone (he's my oldest child) and I'm having a small issue with this. Has this happened to any of you? If so, what helped you through the process. This year will be a big year for him to define how good he is and the showcases will help spell out exactly where he should go, this is more a question about my mental health. I'm really enjoying the ride, and I love watching him play no matter what happens in his future, but if you have any insight that could help me, I'd really appreciate it. Hope this post made sense, but I'm not even sure the exact problem I'm having, even though I'm having some sort of problem.
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