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[quote=Anonymous]As an adult I have:

learned how to play tennis
learned how to surf
learned how to ski

It took a long time for me to work up the courage to do those things because growing up I was told I couldn't because it was "too late to learn how," and I was "no good at sports," and so I spent a lot of my younger adult years thinking that was really set in stone and you just don't try to pick up sports/activities like this if you weren't taught how at age 5. I think you can temper expectations but still support your kid to learn something new if they're interested in it, if only to build the personal confidence that they can and should try to do things in life where a positive outcome is not guaranteed (my husband, also raised with this "it's too late" mentality, is not able to shake it like I did and finds it mind-boggling I continue to challenge myself like this.) That being said, I try to expose my child to lots of stuff like this very early (could ski by age 3, has been playing tennis since 4...unfortunately I do not live in a surfing climate atm) because I'm not an idiot and it's easier to learn these things and get better and competitive if you do it from a young age. But reinforcing the notion that it's too late to learn and try past age 10 or whatever can be negatively formative. [/quote]

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