Cool, you do you and stay in your lane. Not to toot her own horn, but she's earned the right and punished her body for the game. Two surgeries, won state, cleaned house on awards her JR year in both state and nationally, Top 9 finish at PGF, has her school paid for and has devoted her life to being able to make this decision. When she says she wants to be a kid, she wants to be a kid. Doesn't tarnish anything she has ever done, accomplished or will accomplish in college. If she didn't love the game she could have walked away at any point. She is treating potentially this summer like a college player, taking time off, working out, working with her personal trainer, working with her pitching coach to be ready. If the term bothers you, then that's a you thing. She's a kid, not a machine. She enjoys to travel, she enjoys her small business that she has, she enjoys life outside of softball. She also recognizes she is not defined by softball but softball will create an opportunity where she is in a better position in 4 years because of her ability in the game. Where is it said that she needs or any kid needs to play once they are signed? She's been asked to go back to PGF, she's been asked to play on a team with all college bound kids with a small schedule. The choice is hers, like we've told her we will support her like we have since she was the one playing since she was 5. You don't have to agree with it, didn't ask. Just stating what my college bound kid who owes nothing to anyone may or may not do as her team is no longer.Not relevant to the OP, and don't mean to pick on you @PapaBear, but I hate that phrase "being a kid" when it is used in a context where playing ball is treated as being some kind of punishment. Unfortunately in the 21st century "being a kid" pretty much means sitting on your arse for 10 hours a day and staring at your phone so essentially the out-of-shape 50 YO in the drive thru at Sonic is "being a kid"