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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watching this thread with interest (my sons are in elem).
I'm curious how to encourage Tweens/teens to work out regularly/value exercise?[/quote]

OP here,

Managing exercise has come easier to my kid that managing food so I have less strategies to offer as either suggestions or failures.

One thing that I will say that worked was being open to the fact the what had worked before wasn't the answer.  For my kid, changing sports in  middle school, from one I picked when he was 4 based on convenience, to one that he chose based on his own self knowledge, seemed to make a big difference in raising his interest level.

Other things that have worked for us, but that I wouldn't do just for this reason are

1) Picking a house that happens to be just under limit for bus transportation to our local high school.

2) Living in a neighborhood with great public transportation, and encouraging kid to master it and be responsible for getting places.

3) Having a dog who kid adores, and who demands to be walked, and no fence.

Again, these aren't exactly advice.  I'm sure there are ways to get your kid to exercise that don't involve moving, or buying a dog or tearing down your fence.  We didn't do any of these things in order to promote exercise, but they [/quote]

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