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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sport is a priority, because a lifelong habit of regular exercise is so important for health.

Then math, because a strong foundation in elementary school math is essential for getting through life.[/quote]

And then they end up obese adults I wonder wgy [/quote]

People think childhood athletics is like a vaccine against adult weight gain. It's not. A lot of overweight adults are surprisingly active and spry for their age, but they also like donuts and pizza too much, so they don't stay slim. If you want your kids to be slim their whole lives, you also need to indoctrinate them about diet from an early age. And even that does not always work, people get to a certain age and they stop caring, no matter how deep the conditioning was. The best you can hope for is that they are slim and attractive in their 20s and 30s when they need to find a spouse.[/quote]

Couldn’t disagree more. Getting movement and fostering a love of activity is more important than “indoctrinating about diet”.[/quote]

Diet and establishing healthy eating habits are much more important than organized sports long term. And people who over-schedule their kids in lots of activities will never admit how much junk food and fast food they have to eat out of convenience. "My kids are healthy because they are in 1-2 sports per season," she said while eating Chipotle between games. [/quote]

Oof here I am defending people who put their kids in tons of sports, which is actually something that annoys me (I don't have a sporty kid and the fixation of organized sports in elementary can be socially limiting in a way it wasn't when I was a non-sporty kid).

BUT I think you're generalizing in a way that isn't accurate. The families I know with tons of sports are not just eating crap all the time. Maybe some do but the ones I know are meal planning and great at packing healthy snacks and meals on the go. They are the people who will break out containers of sauteed veggies and rice and tofu on the sidelines of a little league game because they've done it so many times they know how to transport entire home cooked meals easily. In that situation it's my family, who doesn't do a ton of sports and eats at home almost every night, who is rolling up with Chipotle.

I know it's fun to try and paint people who parent differently than you as terrible in every way, but it's usually wrong. For instance I know people who I'm certain think my family is snooty because we DON'T do tons of sports and our kid is in artsy activities and is shy on top of it, so we don't know as many people and tend to be more reserved generally. But we're not snooty-- were actually very friendly and easy to get along with! But people make assumptions because our lifestyle seems unfamiliar to them. We're actually super normal.[/quote]

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