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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone ever dealt with this? Advice please.

DS is amazing at swimming but gets defiant about swimming anymore. I think his tween friends are pressuring him about it because it's not a "cool" sport. On the other hand he plays in a very casual neighborhood basketball league and he loves it. He appears advanced at basketball in this league but only because it's so casual and full of kids who do not take it seriously. Were this a basketball league at the level of his swimming activities, he wouldn't make a team. Now he has delusions about basketball because he thinks he's so good at it and it's a "cooler" sport.[/quote]

this is very similar to our situation down to the same sports (swimming and basketball). I have chosen not to say anything and just nod and try to be supportive. Last spring it was football he was interested in trying out and by the time fall rolled around he lost interest. Trying very hard not be the "you can't do XYZ because of swim". At the end of the day, he's still a kid. I get it. Club-level swimming is lonely. I'm glad, however, that he got to experience a full season of HS swimming, including districts, and now on to regionals - excitement level is totally different.[/quote]

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