Why do parents sign their sons and daughters up for different activities?

[Anonymous]

My kids don’t do many activities outside of preschool (they’re young) but I would sign them up for different activities due to different interests and age level appropriateness. For example, my 2yo may do dance, music or gymnastics classes and my 5yo may do tennis, tball or can start an instrument soon.

And yes, there’s a gender factor. My son would not be interested in a dance class. He happens to not be interested in sports beyond swimming or skiing at this point, and is much more STEM oriented. We have no problem with that but encourage one age appropriate sport as a way to make physical activity fun and regular.

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Anonymous wrote:We make our kids do one sport in the arts (ballet) and one cardio sport (squash). We have 3 boys and 1 girl. Two of my boys are dancing the Nutcracker right now. We don’t allow full contact sports or anything with too much anger (tennis).

Tennis has much anger? My kids play tennis and I never saw anger…

Same. Some parents have meltdowns, but they only embarrass themselves and don’t seem to involve others

I have 3 kids who play tennis. The kid who is the best tennis player can get very upset with matches. Have you never watched a tennis match on tv? Players can get frustrated and angry.

It doesn’t matter if it is chess, tennis, science Olympiad, soccer, anything - kids can get upset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was talking to another parent recently, and she mentioned that because I have 2 daughters, they can do the same activities. But she has a boy and a girl, so they're signed up for completely different sports. Her son doesn't even like one of the sports he's in.

Why is that? Are boys and girls interested in different things, or do parents tend to not want to sign their sons up for dance, gymnastics, cheer, etc.?

I would never sign my son up for dance, gymnastics, or cheer.

On the flip side, I would never sign my daughter up for tackle football or baseball.

[Anonymous]

I have two girls with different interests who are signed up for different sports. I don't sign them up for the same thing out of convenience, that would be selfish.

[Anonymous]

DS 7 is into soccer and DS 5 isn't into sports at all. I have asked both my sons if they would like to take ballet or tap. I think it would be adorable and also good for them, but they absolutely refuse. They have opinions, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two girls with different interests who are signed up for different sports. I don't sign them up for the same thing out of convenience, that would be selfish.

Bingo. When they were younger, same activities for convenience but not when they had own opinion. It's suppose to be a fun activity, not torture when they're not interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My boys are both in ballet

Have they, at any point in their lives, expressed a dissatisfaction with their gender assigned at birth?

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Anonymous wrote:My boys are both in ballet

Have they, at any point in their lives, expressed a dissatisfaction with their gender assigned at birth?

Yes shit

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was talking to another parent recently, and she mentioned that because I have 2 daughters, they can do the same activities. But she has a boy and a girl, so they're signed up for completely different sports. Her son doesn't even like one of the sports he's in.

Why is that? Are boys and girls interested in different things, or do parents tend to not want to sign their sons up for dance, gymnastics, cheer, etc.?

I would never sign my son up for dance, gymnastics, or cheer.

On the flip side, I would never sign my daughter up for tackle football or baseball.

Why not? Even if your kids asked to do those activities (safety concerns aside)?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My boys are both in ballet

Have they, at any point in their lives, expressed a dissatisfaction with their gender assigned at birth?

Your child’s sex was chosen at birth? Interesting. I must have a better OB, because mine knew my child’s sex in utero. You might want to get a better doctor.

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Anonymous wrote:We make our kids do one sport in the arts (ballet) and one cardio sport (squash). We have 3 boys and 1 girl. Two of my boys are dancing the Nutcracker right now. We don’t allow full contact sports or anything with too much anger (tennis).

Wut?

Haha obvious troll

Boys dancing ballet doesn’t mean a troll. My boys dance ballet. I did as a child and wanted them to experience it. I don’t watch soccer or football, so why would I enroll them in that?

+1

DH danced ballet when he was a child. Eventually he chose swimming as his main sport in middleschool and went on to swim D1 in college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My boys are both in ballet

Have they, at any point in their lives, expressed a dissatisfaction with their gender assigned at birth?

Your child’s sex was chosen at birth? Interesting. I must have a better OB, because mine knew my child’s sex in utero. You might want to get a better doctor.

I need a better OB then. I didn't CHOOSE the gender of my kids! I got what I got and didn't make a fuss.

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Anonymous wrote:My boys are both in ballet

Have they, at any point in their lives, expressed a dissatisfaction with their gender assigned at birth?

Your child’s sex was chosen at birth? Interesting. I must have a better OB, because mine knew my child’s sex in utero. You might want to get a better doctor.

I need a better OB then. I didn't CHOOSE the gender of my kids! I got what I got and didn't make a fuss.

Pp mentioned sex being assigned at birth. That implied it was “assigned” by someone, no? Who does the assigning? Presumably a doctor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the girls don’t want to play baseball and football.

Why would anyone want to play baseball or football? They’re both awful.

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Anonymous wrote:We make our kids do one sport in the arts (ballet) and one cardio sport (squash). We have 3 boys and 1 girl. Two of my boys are dancing the Nutcracker right now. We don’t allow full contact sports or anything with too much anger (tennis).

Wut?

He might be a closet homo
Haha obvious troll

Boys dancing ballet doesn’t mean a troll. My boys dance ballet. I did as a child and wanted them to experience it. I don’t watch soccer or football, so why would I enroll them in that?

+1

DH danced ballet when he was a child. Eventually he chose swimming as his main sport in middleschool and went on to swim D1 in college.

Is he bi?