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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.  Skate mom hijacked my thread, LOL.  My frustration is that when my DS sees that his friends are improving more than he is (my son is not athletically gifted), he complains that the coaches give the other kids more attention and that they are better and so he wants to quit.  I wouldn't mind so much if he had other interests, but we've gone through so many similar situations with him, i.e., karate, swim, baseball, tennis, golf, piano, etc. and nothing sticks when things start to get challenging.  I totally get that my kid is not one with a passion (or at least we haven't found it yet), but [b]can't he just play/participate for the enjoyment of playing[/b].  I've also told him that he'll see in the next year or two that many of his friends are going to be trying out for high school teams.  I want him to be aware so that he isn't totally stunned that he missed the boat later.  He is socially clueless in that way.  Anyway, it's just extremely frustrating. [/quote]

Evidently not. You're basically saying, "Why he can't be a different kid?"

Yes, it's frustrating, but you have to raise the kid you have, not the kid you might wish you had.[/quote]

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