Lowcountryvoice -
How true. Our little girls turn into big girls, and that thrill of touching the ball when you are 4 turns into the first goal and then and then and then.
With two teenagers, and the influences they have upon them, when you add club soccer, parents with selfish motives, friends who don't play who don't want you to play, peers, coaches, refs, leagues, rules....
I am going back and coach a 5 year old team at the Y. With my teenage daughter.