The tremendous thing about this site is the variety of experience that everyone has. We have players, parents, coaches, scouts - you name it - we have it.
The one thing everyone of us has in common is that we occasional make mistakes. And so do our children. None of us mind admitting when things go wrong - as long as we can blame someone else. But there are times when we know that our own choices made the difference.
That's when it can be painful, and yes, embarrassing to admit on a message board what happened. The easiest way to deal with it is simply stop posting. When that happens the experince and wisdom those posters could provide is lost to the rest of us.
We all hear about the success stories. There is a lot we can learn from them. We hear much less frequently about the failures (though this is much too strong a word - and I prefer the "bumps in the road" designation). Yet there is even more to be learned from these experiences.
Looking back we can often see things we would have done differently had we known what we know now. There is a lot of knowledge gained in the school of hard knocks, so even if things did not turn out the way you hoped, you still have something important to share.
So here is a big thank you to those posters that risk embarrasment, to pass on some great information to the rest of us. We feel your pain, we pray you will overcome those bumbs, and yes, we truly appriciate you sharing your bumps in the road with rest of us.
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