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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm going to leave out specifics in hopes of getting relatively unbiased answers.

My 5th grader is obsessed with Sport A. She is now in the off season for the sport but will probably do some training before it resumes. Odds are not good that she will ever be able to play Sport A on the level she says she wants to.

I think she should try Sport B this winter. She hasn't done this sport before, but (to me) it looks like a lot of fun. It is a rec sport, fairly low commitment, and being a beginner will not be a problem. Sport B would be over before Sport A is back in season. If she were to enjoy Sport B and pursue it further, she might be able to play Sport B in high school, as it is not as popular as Sport A.

5th grader has chosen activities on her own up to this point and tends to have set ideas about herself. I can easily see her saying she is "not a Sport B person." I am the opposite of a tiger mom and have never pushed my kids to do things (OK, except finish the session for a class they ended up not enjoying!), so it makes me feel kind of sick to even say something as mild as "hey, I really think you should try this." It somehow feels unethical to "push" new things at all, but I also think I'm being ridiculous! Surely other people--people who are not crazy tiger parents--say "try this, I bet it'll be fun" and feel totally fine about it.

Thoughts? Stories of what happened when you "suggested" your kids do something new?[/quote]

I wanted my kid to do the same.  Bribbed him. Said he could get something special if he committed to the season (weekend trip with dad to big city he had always wanted to visit). He did it.  Is totally committed to sport B now. [/quote]

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