[PHSForever]

So instead of taking a cell phone, computer, x-box, car away from your kid, you will make them miss sports. I am glad you were not my dad. I am sure practice is harder than not playing on the computer. Make your kids miss out on sports is not why they may do bad in school.

So when they miss due to you, do you expect the coach to JUST let them start again not knowing if you are going to just take them away again. Or are you going to complain about it.

If sports is taking time away from the education, yes, I will make them miss. Each year, I explain to the coaches that I and my wife have high expectations, and that if they are making below a B in any class, that grade has to come up. The coaches FULLY support it, even to the point of requiring that the students (not just my kids) bring their homework with them on the road and he/she checks to make sure they are doing it during downtime. And the phone, Xbox, etc. is a given. Those go too, until grades get pulled up. I value the experiences, discipline, teamwork, and leadership that sports teaches my children, just like it taught me. But when you look at how many kids are actually going to make a living in sports, and do it objectively, you would have the same thoughts. I'm getting the impression that you don't have kids. My kids have never missed in sports for the very reason they know the consequences and the value we place on academics. But when they ARE on the field or court, they give 110%, same as education.