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Neither do I, in moderation. They are kids, let them follow their interests. Our jobs as parents is to help them find balance while nurturing their interests. 
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Yes and no.  As long as the activity isn't too onerous or time consumptive, it's fine for parents to push their kids into things the kids aren't currently interested in doing.  My mom made me take piano lessons from grades 2-6.  If I had the choice, I would have quit from sheer laziness.  I did have the choice to continue or quit in 7th grade, and by then I was good enough that it was fun and rewarding for me to play the piano.  So, I continued lessons through high school.  I'm glad that I wasn't allowed to quit or dictate my activities too much as a child, because I would have quit everything the moment the activities became challenging or were no longer new and shiny.  I also was forced to take swimming lessons as a kid.  I would have quit if given the choice, but as an adult, I'm grateful that I won't drown.

Forcing kids to do activities 10+ hours per week that they don't want to do is bad.  Forcing kids to do activities that require 5 or fewer hours per week isn't necessarily a problem.  
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