I have watched 9 - 10 year - old
baseball and softball, Little League Majors (11 - 12 year - olds) All - Stars and Honors teams, 13 - 14 year - old
baseball on
80 foot and 90 foot diamonds, a
college exposure fastpitch softball tournament, and joined my dad for an evening of USA Softball vs. Portland All - Stars on their pre-Olympic «Bound for Beijing» tour.
I noticed how competitive parents were in the
80s with their kids
baseball teams etc... and schools, grades, etc... And at least GEN Y was told they HAD to go to
college.