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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m just curious what these kids are going to do on weekends in their teen years when they are not established in an organized sport or activity. I personally just think it’s short-sighted, but it’s none of my business. [/quote]

Right? You can't just show up and say you'd like to be on the team, can they teach you to play? Or suddenly develop an interest in the orchestra with no prior experience.  But, that's on them, nobody is starting threads worrying about the people who are apple picking on the weekends or criticizing them. I may not understand, but it's not my life. Oddly, the anti-sports people are really bothered by people who play sports.[/quote]

If you want to talk short-sighted, it's assuming that what your kid is into at age 8 or whatever is what they'll want to do when they're 14.  If you're expecting a kid to suddenly develop an interest as a teen, I don't know how you can prepare for that ahead of time -- other than, perhaps, exposing them to a multitude of things as a kid and not single-tracking them for a specific sport.  (Which I'm not suggesting the PPs above are doing, btw).

But also, if a teenager suddenly does develop an interest out of the blue, there are usually options for exploring that interest short of joining a team full of people who have been doing said activity for the past decade.  Private music lessons, club sports, pickup games, art classes, etc.  In fact I would say some of my most rewarding high school experiences were when I quit the softball team and gave myself the time to pursue totally new things -- theater, tennis lessons, ceramics, swimming.  All of which welcomed me as a newbie.  I think I had some fleeting regret that I'd pursued softball so seriously instead of soccer, but even then I was able to kick a soccer ball around with friends even if I couldn't join the JV team.  The idea that you're promoting sports for your ES kids simply so that they have something to do as teenagers feels sad for them.[/quote]

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