Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Sports General Discussion
Reply to "Why do kids here in the US spend so much time and effort on sports?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because they are trying to increase the chance that their kid can attend a top school and maybe even get a scholarship to that school! In the meantime they will have a fit child that’s not obese or staring at a screen all day. Sounds like a win-win to me![/quote] I have a fit child who is not obese and does not stare at screens all day. My kid has great grades, plays an instrument, is learning a foreign language, has good social skills, and has two meaningful extra-curriculars in addition to their instrument, neither of which is a sport. One of those ECs led her to found a non-profit organization that has been written up in the newspaper. She did these things because she wanted to. I actually think her odds of attending a "top school" and getting a scholarship are pretty good, maybe even higher than most of the kids playing club sports year after year. But you do you.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
