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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you mean these activities don't lead anywhere?

Nothing my child does for fun is "leading anywhere."

He won't play professional squash.

He won't play D1 soccer.

He definitely won't make it to Carnegie Hall.

When he's 40, he'll still be able to play in a pick up game in two of these things, and amuse himself making music.

All that said, a lesson without games isn't really playing tennis.  I don't know how your tennis club works, but where my kid plays squash there are clinics one day a week so that the kids have a chance to play each other.   My kid refuses to do tournaments, but he's happy to play against kids in the club.[/quote]

slightly o/t but would he really still do them if you're the one "suggesting" these activities and he never asked for doing any of them? i'm asking because my son's doing the same activities but i think mostly because we signed him up, and if it're up to him he'd rather play video games or read all day. i wonder sometimes if he's doing those for us or himself, and if it's the latter he's not likely to continue into his 40s... heck might not even into HS. (btw i'm PP with the 12.5-yo no-passion son :)).[/quote]

To me, it doesn't matter that much. It's not acceptable to me that my kids play video games all day, and TBH I don't want them to spend all their time reading, either. Exercise/activity is important.[/quote]

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