Of the folks who have been involved with this sequence of threads a few questions have come to mind. Again, these are not intended to be "pointed" questions, rather informational to others who may follow our same path and have similar situations. Feel free to address any question
1. Do those with only one 1 child feel you could squeeze the same time, energy, and resources if there were multiple children that had an activity with the same passion? Or, was the "one-n-done" the only way it could have happened to the degree it has?
2. If there are multiple kids, do the others have interests that take the same time and resources as the baseball player? How do you pull that off?
3 If you could turn back the clock and use the knowledge you have from your past experiences, what would you have done different? (IMHO, "I'd do nothing different" is a cop-out as we all learn from our experiences)
Now the "soul searching" kickers.....as rz1 waits for the parental shields be engaged by some
4. Obviously we try to support our kids 110% regardless of what they do. However, does your passion for baseball make it easier to give the time and investment that you've made?
5. If Junior was a sokker prospect, or an aspiring actor/dancer, would you have been involved in his/her dream with the same dedication, followed it as closely, and invested as much money into it as you did baseball?
6. Would you be participating on a sokker or other message boards?
7. In the end, to some degree, are you living your dream through your son?