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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you could choose one for your kid to excel at which would you choose? I feel like around here people push sports at the detriment of academics. Young kids practicing soccer or baseball 6 days a week. When do they have time to do homework?

My kids are young elementary and we do sports but they have daily homework usually 45 mins-1 hour and they have to have that done before they can do their sports. Sports practices are 2-3 times a week and a game on the weekend. We know people who supplement this with additional training on off days. And their kids are 8! [/quote]

No one I know pushes sports at the detriment of academics. Yes there are a lot of great athletes but they are great students too.[/quote]

There are plenty of parents that do.   If the sports supplemented kids are not truly passionate about that sport they will burn out.  If they lose the interest in the sport hopefully the parents will be gracious and remember the good times not just all the money they spent.  [/quote]

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