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Podcast: TIMpactful Topics with Tim Messer
Episode: Ep 233 | The $10,000 Childhood: How Travel Sports Hijacked the American Family Calendar
Description: In this episode, I take a Gen-X look at how youth travel sports have become a costly, time consuming industry that often strains families. From club fees, hotels, and endless tournaments, to missed church, exhausted kids, and overlooked siblings, travel sports can take a heavy toll. With sarcasm and nostalgia for the simpler sports days of the 70s and 80s, I question the scholarship dream being sold to parents and challenge families to make sure sports serve the family - not the other way around.