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[quote=Anonymous]I am a couch potato who was raised by couch potatoes. Because I am overweight, I decided I was going to try to raise active children. But because I'm a couch potato, I leaned heavily on classes and organized sports. My kids were in toddler dance and gymnastics, and were in those adorable little soccer clinics where 3 year olds run around entirely randomly.

One of my kids is casually active. He does rec sports, and plays one JV sport though every year it's a decision about whether or not he'll continue. He, like his parents, prefers to read and hang out at home. But since he was raised doing sports and a lot of his friends do sports, he finds some value in it. I'm comfortable that if he wakes up one morning at 30 years old, he knows enough he could join a pickup basketball league or could take up jogging. He knows his way around a gym and is comfortable in his body. Something both his parents struggle with.

My other kid is a jock. She plays a sport every season and her entire social life revolves around sports. She has no inclination towards being a coach potato. We support her in her efforts and it's meant we've learned a whole lot about having a sporty kid. I worry when she ages out of HS/College sports she's going to be at a loss for what to do with herself since she primarily plays team sports, but I'm guessing she'll find some adult leagues that scratch the itch, or transition to individual sports. I'll be surprised if she turns into a couch potato.[/quote]

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