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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are now older, so, to offer some perspective: almost every kid we saw who committed that kind of time at a young age has dropped out of that sport. Some have taken up another activity intensely; some have just cut way back. And many have had multiple injuries and operations. Just to play devil's advocate for a moment here: why on earth are so many people making an extraordinary commitment to physical activity but not, say, science, from a young age? What possible use is all that time going to be in the long run? She is almost guaranteed to have lifelong injuries from that intensity of physical practice (ask any dancer or gymnast or soccer player), which she would not risk if she were devoting that time to reading, writing novels, learning math, game theory, economics, languages, or history. Our values are messed up.[/quote]
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