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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here, I finally came back to read everyone’s answers. Many of you pinpoint my concerns on page 2.

(-) going pro. It’s not about that
(-) being the best on their teams
(-) travel teams
(+) what it is about = the things I learned by putting in effort have served me through life. Staying with piano (in that case you absolutely have to practice. Your teacher will know at the next lesson if you did not) taught me how you go from nothing to Tchaikovsky over years. And how you can go from nothing to a simple song like The Entertainer in a few months as a 4th grader. And how at 37, you can still improve from your old soccer and cross country days. I hit a new PR for running as a studies some methods and applied them.

I have the adult perspective; they don’t. But, I guess, I was *developing* it during ES. I want that helpful experience for my kids.

Overall, I got my wish and I do feel more relaxed about them. It’s all up to them. I can’t learn it for them.

Thank you all. [/quote]

Your post was too much and it gave me a lot of anxiety.  I am a parent of two teens and I saw a bit of myself in it.  I wasn’t pushing in sports but other areas. I was WAY too much and it backfired.  Things spiraled in the early teen years and our house got really bad.  I had to back way off. My methods did not work.

You are coming for a good place but this level of pushing is going to kill their love for the sport.  Let them be.  Maybe they will be physically active adults on their own. Maybe they won’t.  Let them enjoy their sports.

I was pushed to play an instrument and haven’t touched it since the day I was allowed to quit.  [/quote]

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