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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We signed up for many activities for  DS6 and had him dabble in them —including flag football, soccer, cub scouts, swimming, piano, chess, etc. He invariably complains and whines about participating in any of these. We are not pushy parents so we let him quit after a few weeks or months. He also complains about school and afterschool latchkey program. His ideal day is staying at home to goof off, scribble pictures and letters (but he is neither artistic nor literary) , and watch TV if possible— we usually restrict screen time. We thought he might at least enjoy doing *one* thing so we went the route of trying a bunch of things and seeing what sticks, but he really dislikes every activity outside of home, so far. Has anyone successfully overcome this issue? I.e. have your kids learned to start liking an activity after initially hating it?[/quote]

Those activities are all extremely male-centric.  Could your child be dissatisfied with their assigned gender? [/quote]

Yeah, maybe have him try ballet. That'll probably solve everything :P[/quote]

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