Whose idea was it to have children?
Is it just me or does everyone think the government needs to do something about the cost of kid's sport?
I have three children and we’re pretty passionate about our kids taking part in team sport.
Between them, this term alone, our kids play netball, rugby, touch footy, volleyball and swimming. Our kids aren’t sporting champions, not at all – we just like to keep them moving.
The government wants them moving too – I don’t think obesity in Australia is so much about food…it’s about being a couch potato.
As committed as John and I are to kid's sport, the beginning of each term is a hell time for us – because all the fees come in at once! And we’re a two income family! We are not struggling for money.
If it’s difficult for John and I to pay for kid's sport, then I refuse to believe that there are not families out there – hundreds of families – whose children are excluded from team sport altogether.
And this is not about the committees. I couldn’t appreciate the work of volunteers more – I’m no expert, but I think it’s about insurance and in some cases fees to the federal body. Just quietly, I don’t think eight year olds playing soccer in Palmwoods should be funding the Socceroos in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM!
As for insurance, I think that umbrella insurance should be possible. Couldn’t the government set up a scheme where every kid who wants to play team sport pays one fee, once a year, to cover all the sport they play?
Let me know if you have any ideas!
I have three children and we’re pretty passionate about our kids taking part in team sport.
Between them, this term alone, our kids play netball, rugby, touch footy, volleyball and swimming. Our kids aren’t sporting champions, not at all – we just like to keep them moving.
The government wants them moving too – I don’t think obesity in Australia is so much about food…it’s about being a couch potato.
As committed as John and I are to kid's sport, the beginning of each term is a hell time for us – because all the fees come in at once! And we’re a two income family! We are not struggling for money.
If it’s difficult for John and I to pay for kid's sport, then I refuse to believe that there are not families out there – hundreds of families – whose children are excluded from team sport altogether.
And this is not about the committees. I couldn’t appreciate the work of volunteers more – I’m no expert, but I think it’s about insurance and in some cases fees to the federal body. Just quietly, I don’t think eight year olds playing soccer in Palmwoods should be funding the Socceroos in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM!
As for insurance, I think that umbrella insurance should be possible. Couldn’t the government set up a scheme where every kid who wants to play team sport pays one fee, once a year, to cover all the sport they play?
Let me know if you have any ideas!
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