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Sports can teach grit, teamwork, and how to lose. We value those lessons. But we question when paying for sports turns into chasing a scholarship without a career goal. Work and real responsibility can build those traits, too. We share one mother's account of putting about $42,000 in travel baseball costs on credit cards.

Her son received offers, but no full ride. That story raises a bigger question: are you weighing the chance of a scholarship against the money you're spending? A partial award at a costly school may still leave your family paying more. If playing sports is your child's goal, look at that goal on its own.

We talk about supporting a baseball path outside college, including living costs and a second job. The plan should fit what your child wants from life. That leads us to young adults who want stable work and parents worried about AI. We share an example of a family looking for new opportunities and useful skills instead of trying to avoid AI.

We also push back on Scott Galloway and Rep. Tom Suozzi's mandatory national service proposal. Drawing on family experiences, we question treating military service as the answer to college costs or a lack of direction. We recall a young man considering the Army to pay for a PhD without knowing what he wanted to study.

Start with the life your child wants. Find work that fits. Then check what skills, training, or degree that work actually requires. This is part one of a two-part conversation, with more on AI next week.