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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. I come from a culture that put too much importance on academic and almost zero on sports. I try to raise my kids differently. I want kids to be have fun childhood and get the opportunities to explore interests. I don't put too much effort on his academic because I expect him to get all As. It is so easy for him to get straight As, so I don't pay too much attention to his academic achievement even though I know that is his strength. Ipay a lot of attention on his weakness which are strength and sports.

He loves sports even though he is a weak player. A few kids have called him out because of his skill level. His 9 weeks summer camp is all about sleep away, kayaking, creeking, multi sports etc, to get himself sweaty and dirty, nothing related to academic because he does not want to. I don't expect him to be good in sports, but he gets more awareness that he is not good in every sports when other players do really well at his age level over time.  No parents I know cares or talks to me about academic , and we live in a school with more than 50 percent white. [/quote]

I think you have your own answer. You "pay a lot of attention on his weakness." You are the one say it's. a weakness. You are the one pushing him into sports. It's not exactly "fun" when your parent thinks it's a weakness and is pushing you into it. Why can't you let him choose his activities and have "fun" with academic things too? Why do you care if he's good or not? [/quote]

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