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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will never understand the travel sport hate. It's an activity! My 6th grade kid goes and practices 3 afternoons per week, totalling 5 hours a week. She hangs out with friends, does something good for her body and mind, and learns a lot.

On weekends she has a game with her team, which is also fun and makes the bond all the stronger.

What's the issue here?

If she was into music, would you say she shouldn't practice 3X week?[/quote]

Does she have free time to play and hang out with friends though? Hanging out with friends in an organized setting isn't the same.[/quote]

Having free time to play with friends in an unstructured environment is nice for little kids, but as kids get older, we liked keeping them too busy with sports and school to get into any trouble.  We also liked that they were unwilling to put anything in their bodies that might compromise their athletics.  [/quote]

I might agree with you if it was high schoolers, but imo elementary and middle school kids need time to play with their friends and be unstructured. Who's to say older kids don't want that? Why arebt they allowed to be kids too? Just because some kids will get into trouble doesn't mean they all will.[/quote]

5 hours a week is not going to crimp any adolescent's style.[/quote]

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