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[quote=Anonymous]I get what it's like to have the activity-resistant teen. And, with some kids it is counter productive to "require" a team sport or other group activity since it's unfair to the rest of the group to foist an uncooperative/angry kid on them.

However, we do require physical activity which can include going to the gym after school or running or biking on your own. I also +1 the earlier suggestion of fencing if he's open to it. My DD absolutely refused to do sports when she was little but then asked to try something in the 4th grade. Her requirements were not a team sport and not something everyone else has been doing for years. The fencing class was ages 9+ and she was 9 so she tried that and ended up really liking it and stuck with it for several years until the time demands on HS+a time consuming school activity meant she couldn't do both.

DS is my activity-resistant one. Beyond the gym activity, I told DS he had to do one at-school thing in HS. He tried a couple clubs that he didn't like and then settled on stage crew with theater. It's seems to have some good camaraderie.

We also had a family volunteer activity we did together starting when he was in 6th grade so he kept that up once a month until it was cancelled by COVID. Despite his never talking about it, it turned out to be pretty important to him and he drew from it in his college application essays.

He's generally a happy kid, good friends, did well in school but not a joiner. His activities list for college included the stints of stage crew, his volunteer work, summer jobs, pick-up sports with friends. He got into the colleges he wanted to get into. And, so far, he's continuing his non-joiner ways there. But, still has friends and is doing well. He is who he is.
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