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Hi, good afternoon. Hi. What can I do? I am just calling because I'm wondering how to support

our son in choosing to leave a winter sport that he's played for 10 years or moved to a new sport.

For this winter term, he has told both coaches his changed plans to switch, but now he's

had second thoughts and is going to really miss and be worried about missing out on his old sport

that he played for 10 years. I'm curious if we should make him follow through with his plans or

let him fall back on what we let him make the final decision and leave him alone.

Okay. You can tell him the following. Anytime you give up A to do B, you leave something behind,

and you can even point to your own hair and go, buy long hair I can make ponytail,

but cut it short because I like a short little curly bob. I will look adorable,

but I won't be able to make any ponytails anymore. So no matter what decision you make,

you always leave something behind, not knowing how you would do in the new one,

not knowing how much you would like it, not knowing if you'd be good at it.

What you're basically helping with him with is to understand decisions as an adult.

There isn't a right decision here. No matter what decision he makes, he leaves something behind,

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