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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also when did activities become some sort of childhood necessity? I didn't grow up with many kids who did activities.[/quote]

1. When fewer kids were available for playing after school
2. When college admissions changed and then again when the volume was cranked up[/quote]

3. When people wished their parents had done better.[/quote]

What do you mean by that?[/quote]

NP. My mother had anxiety and didn’t want to drive us anywhere for practices. So even tho my gym teacher told her I was better or faster than the boys at sports or activities, and I played soccer daily at recess w the boys and one girl, and Red Cross swim stoke lesson instructor said I was a natural and to look into club swim team, she did nothing.

I started sports in late middle school but basketball was only offered and the team was comprised of kids who played elsewhere, at least in a ymca team. And High school I could walk on to some fall and spring sports but I was shocked that some kids had had tennis lessons before 9th grade and were quite good.

Oh well. I do triathlons now and martial arts, but I would have loved to play a team sport with running. Or been pushed more by my parents. My brother played a ton of baseball and travel. And swam and ran (as did I in Hs because less technical skills to learn), and his best friend was the soccer captain and gave him private lessons for free and he came up that curve. [/quote]

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