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What sport would you want your son/daughter to play?
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Anonymous
| Not football or cheer leading. Also, the dangerous ones like cycling, skiing, and horseback riding are a turn off. |
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I want swimming and martial arts for DCs, because they teach skills that can potentially save their lives one day. But I will encourage whatever sport or physical activity they are interested in. I am the unsportiest mom ever, and am surprised how into the game I've become since DC joined soccer.
I am also glad they enjoy yoga, which helps them with whatever other sport they choose. |
Anonymous
Is this a joke? If not, I feel so sorry for your child! God forbid the kid gets some physical activity and enjoys being part of a team with other children. The thought of watching your little one run around the soccer field for an hour on a Saturday morning with other kids "scares" you? I think you may have issues. |
Anonymous
| Different strokes for different folks. Geez, lay off PP. |
Anonymous
I think she meant that as a joke, PP. Like she (the mom) hates sports so much that it would be deadly boring to have to watch those games every weekend. 
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Anonymous
Ummm ,only if they wanted to do all five things on the "no" list. Also, quite frankly, I do believe in setting limits and in deciding for my children what is safe and what is not (therefore no hockey, no football) and what I am willing to do (thus no baseball). I doubt that Lacrosse would come up, as there is no one in the family or immediate friends that is into it, and he won't be going to private school. My response to basketball was flippant - if he likes it, he's fine to play it, but I doubt it would carry into hs, as he has a 95% chance of being less than 5'7 when he grows up.  As for not wanting to take him to something that I'd be bored stiff watching - my family does not center around the children, the family is a team, and we do what makes sense for everyone, not just for one person. There are plenty of choices in the first list - and I'd add gymnastics - that I am not worried that there are a "lot of Nos".
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Anonymous
I didn't say my objection to lacrosse was that it was boring (that was baseball) - only that I didn't like it or, for that matter, the culture that surrounds it. And yes, I do find track more interesting. Different strokes for different folks. |
Anonymous
I get what she's saying. I hate the fact that our weekends are centered around all these organized activities. At times, I would love to have a free weekend all to ourselves. LOL |
Anonymous
| Baseball/softball!!! I love those and loved playing them as a kid. I hate soccer and I don't understand football but would be cool with football anyway. I am not crazy about basketball but if the kids liked it I wouldn't discourage them from playing. Soccer is my #1 least favorite sport. |
Anonymous
In this area, lacrosse is played in both private and public schools. Sometimes the better teams are public school teams. |
Anonymous
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Maybe it's just me, but it seems really odd to me to discourage (our outright prohibit) your child from playing a sport just because you don't care for it. I really can't imagine having my child say that he wanted to play baseball and me saying "No, because Mommy would be too bored watching the games. You can play tennis instead - I'll enjoy watching that more."
Isn't it about encouraging and supporting your child's interests? |
Anonymous
It seems incredibly selfish to me to say no just because you don't feel like sitting through the games. So just drop your child off and come back later or read a book or listen to your ipod during games. If your child likes something and wants to try it, I'm all for letting them try it. The child might not like it anyway. Your family's a team, but it's all about what you find interesting? Hmmmm. |
Anonymous
What's so wrong with wanting your child to be interested in cultural pursuits? I was a music major and I think it's admirable to pursue the arts. It requires a tremendous amount of discipline. In fact, I got my first job because my employer had a daughter who was a figure skater. He saw music as similar in terms of the discipline required and thought that if I was interested in something that required that much discipline, I must be a good worker. It's not all about sports!!!!! There are other great things in life. You can also be physically active without playing organized sports. Open your minds, people! |
Anonymous
| It's true you can be active w/o playing on a team, but you learn teamwork by playing on a team. Too many people in our society are out only for themselves whereas teamwork can help kids to learn to work together, to sacrifice a little self-aggrandization for the greater good. I like baseball because it has a good mix of teamwork and individual achievement. |
Anonymous
It's not about YOU, it is about your CHILD. Let them do what they enjoy, not what YOU want to watch. How selfish. |