Question for PARENTS of 2017 kids that were in 8th grade last year and had their 8th rrade daughter play varsity lax. My daughter (8th grader) is trying out for her Vsity school team - talent aside - if you child payed - did your daughter experience any social hurdles in spending time with girls in 11th and 12th grade who in some cases are alomost 5 years older? I now spending tie with much older kids, bus rides etc things may come up where an 8th grader may not fit in socially - I was just curious. Obviously it depends on the child as well - I was just curios. Thanks for the feedback.
Not a parent of a 2017 but a parent of three kids who all played up in 8th grade (not all lax), my kids had no problems. From their perspectives, the kids who had probs were the kids who came in thinking they were all that because they were 8th graders playing up. If the 8th grader comes in knowing the pecking order and not expecting to be a star then the older kids take her under their wings and accept her. Tell her to stay out of whatever team drama is going on and to respect the girl who may be riding the bench because the 8th grader took her spot.
Purely on a social level, will your kid hear things above her years? Yeah, probably. Is it going to freak her out? Probably not. Will she get invited to HS parties? Maybe, but that doesn't mean she'll want to go or that you have to let her. My kids passed on most because they knew they'd feel uncomfortable.