Shad Martin:
I pay for those moments when my daughters become so tired they want to quit but don’t.
I pay for those days when my daughters come home from school and are “too tired” to go dance but go anyway.
I pay for my daughters to learn to be graceful.
I pay for my daughters to learn to take care of their body.
I pay for my daughters to learn to work with others and to be good team mates.
I pay for my daughters to learn to deal with disappointment, when they don’t get that part they hoped for, but still have to work hard at the part that they received.
I pay for my daughters learn to make and accomplish goals.
I pay for my daughters to learn that it takes hours and hours and hours and hours of hard work and practice to create something beautiful, and that success does not happen over night.
I pay for the opportunity my daughters have and will have to make life-long friendships.
I pay so that my daughters can be on stage instead of in front of a screen…
Why I don’t pay for dance or gymnastics anymore

related – Samantha Brodsky – What Growing Up As A Gymnast Taught Me
Thanks Mike Outram.