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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: Thanks for your honest replies. I DO NOT feel bad about her not being in sports, if anything I feel FREE! But I see these parents of tight-knit friend groups and I worry DD is missing out somehow. But she’s a content girl with many friends, so I don’t know why I worry. It’s always hard when people say, “Oh, she’s not in a sport???” with a look of shock on their faces. I never know how to respond. [/quote]

I think the sporty types, more than other activities, just can't conceive of how someone might be into different things. I don't see music or theater parents doing that but it seems so common for those into sports to think they are just superior activities. They aren't.
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I totally disagree with this cliche.  A lot of athletes also do things like music and community service.  I’ve run in to some very haughty music parents who look down on sports but I would never make a judgment overall about “music types” based off those specific parents.[/quote]

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America is a sports obsessed culture.  It's just facts.  Tens of millions won't be sitting down on Feb 12 to watch the National Symphony Orchestra on TV.  Sports give some social status and they are a common language and are easy to talk about for many people.  So I don't think it's that people can't conceive of different things, but I do think sports and talking about and asking about it tends to drown out most other things and people just default to it and yes, it can get tiresome if it's not your thing.  Both of my kids have been asked countless times by well meaning adults just trying to make conversation...what sport do you play?  No one has ever asked them what instrument they play.[/quote]

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