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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the kids I know who are high level athletes are also outstanding students. 
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Same here. It seems the ones most into sports are the ones who must manage their time best. No time to waste on tv or video games, etc[/quote]

I know this will come as a shock, but kids can have interests other than sports that take time so that the child must learn to manage his or her time wisely.  Sports are not the be all and end all.  There are other activities in life.[/quote]

That is what sport parents are saying, why do you care that sports kids have actives that make them plan their time wisely.

Nobody ever posts, why do parents that require piano lessons at a high level ignore academics.

People are bitter about athletes for some reason.[/quote]

I think the difference is that if you don't like sports, people act as if there is something wrong with you, as if there is some requirement to play sports.  People  can be healthy and well rounded without team sports.  It's ridiculous that it is discussed so much here.  There are kids who play sports who are well rounded and there are kids who don't play sports who at also well rounded.  There is room for both!  In the work world, no one I've encountered ever asked or cared if I played sports in elementary through high school.  [/quote]

The problme is that people who don't play sports felt left out as a child because sports is a way people build friendships.

They felt judged and left out, they were not judged and left out it was just their perception. They were not as good of friends because plying a team sport builds a bond, they confuse that with being left out.

Now as a dulls they judge athletic kids as cliquey.

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That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.[/quote]

No it really isn't and I completely agree.  We have a mess of a situation in our grade right now because one mom is raising hell that her son is being left out of a "clique" and is never included in anything these other boys do. Problem is her son does not play any sports. This "clique" play on several teams together and when they hang out, all they do is practice. They have become very good friends and are not leaving anyone out they are hanging out with kids they share interests with.  There is a difference. And yes, attempts at including her son have not ended well. He is a mean manipulative child.  I see this time and time again-my oldest is in high school and it is like this in every grade.[/quote]

I have seen this from the other side.  We live in a very sports oriented community (not in the DC area).  My kids are not into team sports (one plays golf and the other is an equestrian).  They have tried several team sports but are not athletically talented in any respect (we have muscle tone and coordination issues in the family).  My kids are really nice kids.  Not mean.  Not manipulative.  You are kidding yourself if you don't think the team sports kids are cliquey and many of the parents as well.  In our town kids play different sports (soccer, LAX, water polo, volley ball, basketball), so they aren't all on the same teams.  They really do just judge the kids who are not athletic, despite the fact that they may have other talents.  I suspect it comes from the parents, but I could be wrong.  All I can tell you is that there is a really strange divide and I don't quite get it.  It seems so silly to me.  [/quote]

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