Would you "suggest" a new sport to your child?

[Anonymous]

pp from 11:03 also to avoid being labelled a tiger parent, I did always make it clear to my kids that when it came time to specialize I was okay with them picking whatever activity they chose (for the most part).

It would make our life easier to drop the other sports. But the key thing was to explore the other ones, with the initial goal just having them comfortable playing it. Them being not bad/kind of good at them were an added bonus and made it seem worthwhile to have them continue doing it.

[Anonymous]

I suggest activities frequently. Sometimes it’s “here are 3 options for winter. Are you interested in one?”

[Anonymous]

Of course you can suggest. That isn't tigery-y at all.

BUT, also, don't assume she will never be good at sport A. I know girls who were not at all good at DD's primary sport in 5th grade and they are quite good now in 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

Of course you can suggest/encourage new things.

But I’d try to avoid thinking about what she might be good at in HS. That’s really not important.

[Anonymous]

Gonna jump on the "yes you should suggest" bandwagon. At the very least it will plant the seed for the following year after you child has been able to stew on it.

And +1 to the parent who suggested finding a friend to sign up with, I think that helps a LOT with getting kids interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course you can suggest. If not, what are we here for.

Seriously. Stop being scared of your kids.

+1. You have the benefit of wisdom, and so you can steer.

I have a friend whose son was obsessed with baseball. He loved to play baseball, but he was a very small kid and eventually quit the sport in 9th grade because he was not getting any playing time.

He had a back-up sport -- golf -- which was a godsend. His parents really encouraged golf over the years because they saw that he was such a small kid compared to the other kids.

It builds confidence to play more than one sport anyway.