It is time for *you* to change your focus. You need to start talking to her about academics and life after college. Talk about academics, her post-college plans and her social life first. Then, if you have time, talk to her about softball.
The next four years fly by. You don't want your DD after she graduates from college to be sitting in her room trying to think of what she is to do next. What she does academically is 1000x more important that what she does on the softball field.
Softball in college is not what you or she thinks it is going to be. It is not nearly as fun as you and she think it will be. The team plays about 60 games in a year, or roughly 45 days of softball games. As a freshman, she might not even play. The rest of the time it is weight lifting, conditioning, and practice. It is a lot of boring, tedious work. She may decide quit after a year or two of softball.
So, start talking about life after college.
The next four years fly by. You don't want your DD after she graduates from college to be sitting in her room trying to think of what she is to do next. What she does academically is 1000x more important that what she does on the softball field.
Softball in college is not what you or she thinks it is going to be. It is not nearly as fun as you and she think it will be. The team plays about 60 games in a year, or roughly 45 days of softball games. As a freshman, she might not even play. The rest of the time it is weight lifting, conditioning, and practice. It is a lot of boring, tedious work. She may decide quit after a year or two of softball.
So, start talking about life after college.
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