re: What would you do with a son who doesn't want to play basketball anymore?

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I would have never let either of my children quit during the season. It’s possible he made the team and took a spot from someone else. Also, if he gets some playing time he most definitely should not quit till the season ends. He may improve or he may still want to quit, but that’s a commitment and there is a lot of value in sticking with something when you are not the best and still giving you 100% effort. I’d allow him to quit at season end, but he would need to replace it with an extracurricular in addition to a part time job. In my family, we required some activity, whether it was a club, a sport, volunteering, etc.

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All of this, and I would make it his responsibility to tell the coach he is not coming back. He needs to own the decision either way and learn how to have those hard conversations.