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We required each of our kids to participate in a sports team.  We just kind of set it as an early expectation, and they went along with it.

(Also, in private school, they require the kids to participate in sports teams.  That was really helpful, as kids saw it just as an expectation.  Everyone is capable of doing some kind of sports team (absent a disability). For example, cross-country is something everyone can do.  (If a kid is overweight, that is the fault of the parents, 100 percent.)

My parents did not require my brother and me to do anything at all.  My brother chose music/theater, and I chose sports/cheerleading.  The one regret that my brother has is that he always thought of himself as a "music/theater kid," and not a sports kid.  Even to this day (in his 50's), he seems to have an aversion to any type of sports (like it's only for jocks).  He'll exercise, but associates sports with "cool" kids, which is unfortunate.  I think that sports are for everyone.[/quote]

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