Originally Posted by Anonymous
Lacrosse is a tool that the fortunate few are able to use to get something or somewhere they would not have gotten without it. Nothing more. need to remember to have some fun occasionally.

Some parents would benefit by repeating the above post in their heads on a daily basis.
It's also important as a 1st time parent of a college bound student athlete to keep their expectations realistic. There are a lot of hucksters out there making some big money by marketing some path to the scholarship promise land to these starry-eyed 1st timers. Choose wisely.
The rest of us who are veterans of this process know differently.