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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.. all good suggestions, and I will add...

From the  mouth of my now 16 yr old, unathletic DS.. "I wish you (the parent, me) had pushed me more to stick to a sport when I was younger.  When I'm a parent, I'm going to make my kid do at least one sport".

DS said that almost all the boys do a sport, and that's how they bond.  He is doing one sport now, but he's not as good at it as other kids his age because he started late.  It was difficult to find a sport he was halfway decent at, but part of it was that he was a late bloomer. So, it's a bit of a catch-22.

I didn't want to be one of *those* parents who pushed their kids, but IMO, some kids just need a bit of pushing.

Other than that, agree with Scouts. DS at least stuck with that, and now is an Eagle Scout.  [/quote]

I totally agree. My parents didn't push me either (they signed me up for things and let me bail out after a few months) and I missed out a lot socially in high school bc that's how a lot of people met new people, also didn't get into regular exercise until my 20s and realized that I missed a lot of that physical confidence and discipline that structured sports gives you. My kids aren't into ball sports either, and do dance and gymnastics. They enjoy moving their bodies in a way that I honestly never did bc I wasn't pushed. [/quote]

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