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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please stop saying kids on rec teams don’t care. Maybe a few 1st graders on a soccer team who are trying something new. But a bunch of fifth graders on a rec softball team? These kids definitely all care. You don’t need to be on a fancy, competitive team to benefit greatly from sports and be around kids who care.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are Americans so obsessed with kids sports?  I am just baffled.  All these parents worried that if they don't start X sport at 5, then their kid won't have a chance of making their HS team.  Really, who cares?  What am I missing.  Team sports are a giant pain in the ass.  There are so many other activities kids could be doing that are easier to schedule.  I get that it's great to be on a team and it has positive benefits etc but that applies to a rec team, or any other activity that has been sacrificed to do the team sport (an instrument, individual sport, more focus on academics, more sleep, less stress). [/quote]

If you've never committed to a sport you wouldn't understand. The comraderie on a rec team where none of the kids actually care is nothing like being on a team where you are putting in blood, swear and tears. It's not for everyone but what's not to 'get' that it is a great experience for a lot of kids? Plenty of kids are able to be on competitive teams and also focus on academics. Time management is best learned in middle and high school. [/quote][/quote]

You and I most likely have different ideas of what it looks like to seriously care about a sport. [/quote]

I care that my kids enjoy it and get exercise.  Not everything needs to be about competition or college.  My kids have other talents and we nurture all of them as much as we can.  Some sports are a life long skill.  There is more to it than being the best.[/quote]

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