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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually think it's worse in other areas.  People more focused on sports in smaller cities and towns and less on academics.  In other areas though I guess they might not have the academic pressures as well or at least to the same extent. Also this area has a lot of options for sports that might not be available in other areas so more people take advantage of them. Some kids on our street still just play outside every day, but many others are involved in competitive sports all the time. I'm with you OP though.  DC's in 1st grade and is decent at sports but can't even keep up anymore with the more competitive players.[/quote]

+1. OP, if you think it's bad here, try major cities in the south (Atlanta, Dallas, places in Florida) or in states like Ohio, where EVERYTHING, and I mean everything, is focused on football or other sports, even for very young kids. I always chalk it up to the fact that parents don't have the intellectual capacity to push them at anything else.[/quote]

Came here to say exactly this. I'm from a small town in the Deep South where life revolves around high school and college athletics. If anything, I think D.C. goes too far in the opposite direction. It's o.k. to keep score. Kids learn a lot by losing. And for heavens sake, every child does not deserve a trophy.

But I disagree with the cheap shot at the parents' intellect. Many of those high school students excel academically. Another example of if it's not the way I think, it must be wrong. [/quote]

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