Youth sport spending rises as parents invest in creating future champions
Youth sport spending rises as parents invest in creating future champions Australian parents’ commitments to their children's sporting dreams have been steadily rising post-Covid, according to a forthcoming Australian Sports Commission report, with some now spending more than $10,000 a year to keep their kids ahead of the competition. The research, which is yet to be formally published, was previewed by the Sydney Morning Herald recently. It involved a survey of 5,000 people and more than 2,000 sports clubs, revealing that children's sports costs have soared by between eight and 12 per cent annually since →