Should I let my son quit football?

Of course, if you let him quit now, there's the possibility that he'll regret it later.

Then he's going to call you up and yell, "You cost me a scholarship!"

 

She has no point. She often has no point. It's part of her charm. -- Lt. Daniel Kaffee

 

As someone pointed out, he's a fifteen year old. His choice to quit is his. It's not a question of "letting him".

This "finish what you start" stuff is silly. He went out for football because his friends were, after a few weeks decided he doesn't like and doesn't want to play any longer.

I'd be more disappointed if he hung around because of peer pressure or to be one of the cool kids.

 

We plan to have a serious talk about this over the weekend after he plays (or warms the bench) Friday.

There are a lot of valid points on both sides of this discussion.

My wife and I like the fact he is lifting weights daily and practicing. That exercise will go away if he stops playing, as he's not motivated to workout on his own.

And we think if you make a commitment, you should keep it. It is only nine more weeks.

He hasn't quit a sport before, but he half-assed his way through the last few months after he joined the local wrestling team.

He most likely won't play next year, and that's OK. He was not forced to play, the decision was his and frankly, it shocked me.

I have been out of high school almost 35 years and regret that I didn't run track. I don't want him to have regrets later.

 

Good post. I'm sure that either way he'll make a good decision --one way or the other---after you have a talk with him.

 

Good lord...

 

Agreed. Good luck with that. Parenting is hard, which is why I want absolutely no part of it.

 

Late to the party on this one. I recently went through this with my nephew, who decided after practicing a few weeks that he didn't like it. He sounds a lot like MTM's son ... leans more to the academic side of things and is very smart. My sister wanted me to talk him out of quitting because I loved football and was very good at it. I also quit playing when I was 15 or so, and I do still regret it. Because I loved it, but I was stupid and didn't want to put in the work/deal with the a-hole coaches. He doesn't like it at all, and like my nephew he might have liked it once the games started and he didn't have to deal with the hot/boring workouts with no payoff at the end of the week. But as I told my nephew, there is no shame in quitting if it is not something you really want to do. He'll find something he likes, or he will decide later that he wants to try again. There is no shame in that. The finish what you started angle is total BS in this case. He tried something and didn't like it. So what?

 

ask this guy where that attitude got him in life:

 

He was so, so good ...

 

but he just didn't know when to throw in the fucking towel, did he?
that beautiful bastard.

 

He weren't no damn quitter.