WE sponsored a cpl of kids through a local soccer club , took them everywhere.
Parents never would. Half the time you would show up, they couldn’t find the jersey , it was in the dogs bed , and stunk like it. Great kids , athletic ability like you don’t often see , one got a free ride into a premium high school with athletic pathways to wherever , the other one is now a grub. It’s a fine line for these kids. Seems to me they end up god fearing beautiful people , or just plain scum. We need to pay more attention I think.