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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your child is only 6.  How a child plays at 6 is generally not predictive. We know kids who goofed off on 1st grade rec teams but by MS were exemplary athletes. We know kids who were standouts at 6 but by 9 stopped playing. Do they enjoy playing? Then keep going.  Do they complain about playing? Then stop. It doesn’t matter how good they are. It doesn’t matter if they even play sports. Some kids have other interests that are equally valuable. My boys loved sports and signed up for everything. In some they excelled and in some they were on the bench. I had zero expectations. I would have been fine if they quit any of their sports at any time. The only issue I had was when after years of playing and wanting to do nothing else, they asked to quit. Then I wanted to know more about their mindset. Was it the coach? The kids? Burnout? My rule for activities has always been to follow their lead. I only signed my kids up for a new team/activity when they asked. When it was time to reregister, I asked if they would like to continue. [/quote]

If they had their way, they wouldn't do anything physical.  They'd ride a motorized scooter around all day to avoid walking.  I think I am going to look into after-school sports programs so they can still get some exercise, but I won't have to drive or hang around to watch, and look for more art/music/theater activities for the purpose of developing an activity that they can be good at, and hopefully find their people.   [/quote]

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