I want to quit football. How to tell my parents?
Currently I'm a 15 year old Freshman in High School (soon to be a Sophomore, summer is starting). I want to quit football, but I don't want to let my dad down. It's hard to even bring it up. I tried telling him but he gave me a lecture on how I should keep playing football and said how I would really be letting him down if I quit.. I have the utmost respect for me dad just, but I really with he would just respect my decision... I never want to let him down, but this is important for me and what I want to do.. It's destroying me.. It's either I feel terrible if I let my dad down, or I hate my life if I don't.. Please help me.. I need advice, football season is coming up soon... I'll give reasons why I'm quitting below.. Football es exhausting.. It worsens my grades because I don't have much time to do homework or even enjoy my time in life... I already know what I want to become, a Computer Engineer. Colleges I want to get into like MIT don't offer sports scholarships, what's the point of even wasting my time doing a sport.. This goes with the previous statement. Why would employers or colleges even care about me doing a sport? It shows that I'm not as serious about my education and spend 20+ hours hours a week doing something pointless to a future career like Computer Engineering. Although colleges like MIT do not offer sports scholarships, they do offer music scholarships. I play in school band and Jazz Band, which makes it even more exhausting with football. I wave to wake up extra early for Jazz Band. I have no time to practice my instrument what so ever... If I have more time to do that, I will be better and have more of a chance for a music scholarship... Football really conflicts with my time to pursue my own interests and is really time consuming. I have a passion for computer engineering, I study it almost whenever I can and it's one of the only things I truly enjoy. I usually sleep every two days because of my studies and I value my time, football exhausts me so much... I don't enjoy football at all anymore, everyone takes it way too seriously in high school. It's ridiculous.. That's some of the reasons why I want to quit, if you want more I can provide.... Please, I need advice... I really don't want to let my dad down. :(
How do I tell my dad I want to quit football?
Call a family meeting. Sit down your grandparents and your parents. This will get their attention. Tell them you will be announcing something and that your decision is final. Let them carefully know how you have come to the conclusion you no longer want to play football. Explain your reasons and let them know that they have been assembled only to understand your reasons, not to talk you out of it. It is really not a discussion. Tell them that you are responsible for the things you want to do in life - not them - and while you appreciated their support throughout the years it is time for a change and you will no longer be participating in this particular sport. You have interests in other sports and want to pursue those activities and maybe even enjoy having some free time after school - not being a slave to the school system of practices every hour of the day. You want to enjoy your High School time more.Be confident. Tell them this has already been decided. You are not showing up to practice as you have made this important decision and you ask them to respect your decision and not allow a Coach or your parents or your friends’ parents -to try and persuade you otherwise - everyone needs to know this is how it is going to be.Thank them all for coming. Ask them if they have questions - answer them. Then serve some delicious ice cream and move on.As a young person it is sometimes hard to get the adults in your life to see your situation, but having sat them down and explained your reasons they should feel confident you are making a decision in your life that is important and you’ve given it the serious thought processes they would expect.I wish you the best. Smile. It’s your life - not theirs - do your thing!
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Tell them you don't enjoy it any longer, have thought about it all summer and have decided to quit. State another activity you prefer and explain that you would rather spend more time on that than football. Having a bunch of idle time to play video games will not go over well. Have a worthy alternative interest.
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Tell her straight up that you no longer want to play and that the game is no longer fun.. When I told my parents I wanted to quit soccer i just said I cant stand HAVING to go somewhere I dont want to go to every day. After you tell her that, offer the money to her saying you will pay her back for the camp and be done with it.
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I didn't even bother reading your entire question, just your first sentence. The answer is yes, you should quit. I played football for one of the top high school teams in the country and won 3 state titles while I was there. I then played Division 1 college football at LSU and was on the 2003 BCS championship team. Now I'm an NFL agent. If you even have to ASK the question of whether you should quit football, then you should quit. No heart means no soul. Get out now before you drag down the rest of your team.
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TWIMC,you are asking how to tell your parents that you dont want to play football anymore. Lets break it down, Step one, you are there son, they are you parents, this is all very simple. Step two, Son’s job take out garbage, do homework, try your best in class so you get good grades, don't get arrested, and don't get anyone pregnant. Parrents job when pertaining to formentioned Son, SUPPORT YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER IN EVERYTHING THEY DO THAT ISNT ILLEGAL IMMORAL OR UNETHICAL.So here is how you tell them and you can use these exact words, they should work. “Mom, Dad, I need to tell you guys something. I don't want to play football anymore because I've become more interested in__________fill in blank______________. Its not that I hate football but for me to focus on__________fill in blank______________I need to sacrifice somewhere. I know it can’t be my grades or like getting homework done or my chores and I just don’t love football like I used to. I hope you’ll try to understand”.
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