Son wants to quit his cricket academy after four years, and I'm taking it harder than he is

citrus_hammock_461822 Jul 2026

He started at nine, three evenings a week. This monsoon the sessions kept getting rained off, and somewhere in that gap he decided he's done. No drama. He says he still likes cricket, just not the academy, and wants to try something new without knowing what. I'm the one who's sad. All those evenings at the nets, and I loved watching him get better. How did you keep your own feelings out of it when your child dropped something long-term?

3 comments

umber_lantern_50722 Jul 2026
I quit Bharatanatyam at twelve after six years. My father had come to every single class. He never said a word about it, and I only found out much later how upset he had been. I'm still grateful he kept it to himself. Your son will remember how you took it more than he'll remember the cricket.
linen_pool_402522 Jul 2026
my 6 yr old dropped tennis after a month and i was secretly relieved. four years is different. you get to be sad about it, i think. maybe just not in front of him
coral_sparrow_992423 Jul 2026
My younger one left football after five years, in class 8. His thatha took it worse than he did 🙂 What helped was keeping one thing going, they still watch matches together every Sunday. Kids don't stop loving the game, they stop loving the timetable.
- umber_hammock_615723 Jul 2026
  That line about the timetable is going on a sticky note for future me. Mine's only two and I can already picture myself being the sad parent at the nets.