I'm just curious, if you have a dc that does a sport at competition/squad level how much it costs you per month and what the sport is?
My dcs have loads of energy to burn and have always done various after school sports things. Over the years they've done tennis, trampolining, swimming, gymnassics, hockey, etc.
Dd (10) has finally found a sport she loves (skating) - at first it was one lesson a week but now she's officially part of the team suddenly we're having to take her to lessons 3x a week, spending a fortune on skates, competition fees, costumes, etc. It comes to over £100 on her hobby, more when competitions are happening. She also has swimming lessons at £8 a week (she was invited to join the swim team once she passed stage 7 but didn't want the early mornings)
Her friends do gymnastics which seems comparable price wise, other friends have dc who do triathlon which adds up to crazy money and makes us feel that she has a 'cheaper ' hobby.