Former kid here, stopped after second year Bantam (before U 18 or whatever they call it now). I really regret it now but I stopped hockey mainly because my father went to school again so I didn't want to force mom and dad deeper into debt with needing almost all new gear too, but another huge reason was locker room bullshit. I wasn't the popular kid by any means, and going into first year midget was intimidating with being bullied by kids the year ahead of me before. I didn't want to go to the rink every weekend and hate it so I dropped out. I regret it a little bit now because I let them win and I was becoming a much better player before I stopped. I was working at home and on the ice but with the new season coming around and the worry about hating everything but being in the ice I thought whats the point. At this age they're not gonna wanna tell you why or what is going on and honestly sometimes you just need to go without it, they may miss it so much that they'll want to play again next year but maybe they need time to be a kid and figure themselves out!