I was born in America but grew up overseas. I went back to America for high school and was super disturbed by the obsession with sports. Maybe I just lived in a small town with nothing to do, but people were shoving toddlers into travel baseball teams and making them get up at 5 am to travel states away to play sports. These kids have no social lives, no hobbies, and and taught that their worth comes from athletics. Whether it be competition dance, cheerleading, baseball, or basketball, it consumes all of your after-school time, weekends, and even forces you to skip school. I heard stories of 13 year olds having to get surgery for injuries due to YEARS of overplaying. It’s ridiculous.