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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks all.  OP here.  I didn't have crazy expectations, but [b]since DH and I are both athletic and model that for our kids, I expected we'd find some sport that they'd like enough to exert themselves and put some effort into it.[/b]  To a poster above, they enjoy one sport because they have friends they look forward to seeing, though they don't try, and they are also disruptive to other kids. We'll keep trying.  [/quote]

This is your problem.  Kids aren't Minnie Me's.  They're their own people.  Your job as a parent is to encourage their individuality, not to clone yourself.[/quote]

Well aware, which is why we've let them explore many different forms of physical fitness, and they have non-athletic interests and fun.  It's frustrating to give up time to drive them to activities where they don't show any effort, but I'm also concerned about their long-term health and fitness if we do nothing.  [/quote]

At 6? Youve tried many different forms and you spend time driving them around? Just pick the local rec league and dont overthink it.[/quote]

Every activity - rec league soccer, gymnastics class, martial arts, swimming lessons, tennis class, ballet, is time-consuming and involves a minimum of 10 minutes each way plus waiting out the activity, which feels fine if your kid is engaged but feels like a waste of time when they don’t try. [/quote]

This problem will solve itself with time.  Most early elementary rec sports—soccer, baseball, basketball—will evolve to travel by age 9 or so.  The kids who love it and are good at it will do travel and the ones who don’t will move onto other things.  The years where all the kids sign up for the local neighborhood rec team are over quickly.  As the kids get older, they age into other things—cross country, wrestling, karate, etc—but by then the kid will have a better sense of who he is and what he wants.[/quote]

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