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August 18, 2006, 6:32 pm PDT
 Quote From: starlett I feel all kids should at least try a sport or two.
I slightly disagree with that statement as not all kids are interested in sports. I was never really into any type of sport as that was not my "cup of tea" I did, however at the age of 13 try one season of soccer and never went back for any other seasons nor did i want to try any other sports.
In high school my extra curricular activities entailed the creative writing club as that was my kind of thing. Unlike my younger brother who was in hockey since he was 5, played soccer, baseball and roller-hockey and still to this day plays hockey that was not something, outside of that one season (painfully long) of soccer i was not interested in sports and no one forced me to continue.
Over my teenage years though, my other extra curricular activities was drama - in my local town through the parks and rec. dept they had acting classes and at the end of the session we put on a play for parents. I did this three times before i got too old for the youth classes and as an adult i had other interests.
Anyway to go back to my point - no child should get involved in sports unless they really want to and parents should never force them to join a sport. If a child shows interest in other activities then that is what they should pursue. Sports involvement is not for everyone and there are other ways for youngsters to lose weight other than taking part in organized sports.
My oldest is 5 1/2 years old and she is so into art and music and this is where she is gonna be for the time being. Next summer, she will be goingt o an art camp and she will soon be taking piano lessons, she is already int he bell choir at church and eventually she will be taking voice lessons, as she is the one who has brought these things up and when given choices, it always gears back to music and art. I do believe kids need to be active and my though my daughter is not in a "sport" she is just as active as any other child if not more, she runs and plays and loves to walk which is a great form of exercise. She would much rather be out playing and having fun then sitting in front of the tv. I believe it is up to us parents to love and encourage our kids and to help develop their interests and skills and so what if they are not interested in a sport, there are many ways of getting social skills and exercise with out an organized sport. Kids should be aloud to voice what they want to do and when a paretn sees a potential in some form of skill then it is up to us to help them develop it and that is what I plan on doing and am doing at this time, art and music are great and if my daughter prefers those over soccor and t ball then I say so be it, go for it. |
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