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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did no sports growing up. We didn’t have money for extra curriculars and I was not athletic enough to push/beg extended family to support it. As a result I was overweight and a couch potato. I also had low self esteem. We are not a crazy sports family club my kids will never be on a travel team, for example. But they will be in sports as long as I can keep them in without a fight. Thankfully they like them now. Hopefully it will stick![/quote]

I did no sports growing up.  I was not an overweight couch potato.  I rode my bike, I ran around my backyard, I went jogging, etc.  Not doing organized sports doesn't mean you can't exercise.  [/quote]

I’m the pp and of course you’re right. Back then and now I wish(ed) we did have money for sports and other extras (no instruments, art or theater, nothing). And I knew my friends got to do them and I was jealous. Of course a kid can be active and a normal weight without organized sports. And if my kids hated aperitif I wouldn’t force, but for now I think it’s worth encouraging it and spending the money and time. [/quote]

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