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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have twin boys and one isn't into sports at all. It's just not his talent or interest. But &quot;what sports are you in?&quot; seems to always be the first question an adult asks. I get it, people are trying to make conversation but it makes him feel awkward.

He'll say something like he plays piano but it's still a conversation stopper. Any good answers we're not thinking of?  I feel like it's the child equivalent of &quot;So what do you do?&quot; that adults are always asked in DC (but at least they usually have an answer!). Thanks[/quote]
 
Why not playing both piano and a sport?  Piano teaches the left and right brain to work in harmony.  Sport teaches mental toughness, perseverance and never quit attitude.  Piano will help your boys pick up sophisticate women when they get older while sport will help your sons improve their dating in high school.  It is a win-win combination.[/quote]

Please stop with the ridiculous cliche sports benefits. Mental toughness, perseverance and never quit attitudes can be learned in any milieu. 
My high schooler has learned to be more tough than any of his peers because he has significant learning disabilities and he has to work 10 times as hard to get straight As. He's had straight As since 6th grade.
My daughter learned perseverance with her violin playing. [b]She plays at a high level, and it's a work of detail and perfectionism[/b]. 
The USA is obsessed with sports, yet has the highest rates of obesity in the developed world. Maybe instead of blindly revering anything sports-related, people should develop critical thinking skills.
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Look, no one said that your kids should not play piano or violin.  If they can play both, that is even better than just play violin by itself.

If they can play a sport on top of playing piano or violin, that is even better.  Sports, jut like piano and violin, require hard work and a lot dedication if one wants to be good at it.  Sports are different than violin and piano in the sense that you can get humiliated by your opponents because they run up the score, got bagel because you had a bad day.  You just have to swallow your pride, don't have time to feel sorry for yourself because you will have to get ready to play again, knowing full well that it will happen again.  Over time, you develop that mental toughness no matter the circumstances might be.

High level of work details and perfectionism are all good but what if you fail, what are you going to do?  In sports, kids know that you're setup to fail but that does not mean you should not try.

In baseball, if you only succeed 3 of of 10 times at bat, you're a great hitter.  It means that you fail 70% of the times at bat.  That's what sports teach you.

music + sport &gt; than just music in itself.  The sum is always greater than the parts.[/quote]

Why are you so obsessed with sports?  People who engage in other activities also experience failure (at competitions or recitals, for example) and have to learn resilience.

Also, if you're really good at an instrument and want to perform at the highest levels, playing a sport that might result in injury to any part of your body required to play that instrument would be stupid. [/quote]

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