Parents discuss why rich parents spend thousands of dollars annually on their children's sports teams: 'If you're wealthy then $20K is a small price to pay'

Frugal people took to Reddit to answer this question. Why do parents spend all this money on their kids' athletic extracurricular activities? Why is there not a middle ground between playing baseball in your backyard with your cousins and flying all over the country to play it before you're even in high school?
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How are wealthy people so easily manipulated into spending millions on the youth sports industry?

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