How Sports Effects Kids?
#1
Posted 02 March 2010 - 11:48 AM
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#2
Posted 02 March 2010 - 11:48 AM
Robert A. Heinlein
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
Robert A. Heinlein
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.
Robert A. Heinlein
Never insult anyone by accident.
Robert A. Heinlein
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
Robert A. Heinlein
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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#3
Posted 02 March 2010 - 11:55 AM
Now I am having a hard time between soccer vs basketball vs karate/martial arts. With limited budget, we need to choose wisely. We are leaning towards basketball because that is his favorite sports (for NOw as this changes by the week). I guess I just have to be cognizant and not push him one way or the other like some parents do.
#4
Posted 02 March 2010 - 12:03 PM
Now I am having a hard time between soccer vs basketball vs karate/martial arts. With limited budget, we need to choose wisely. We are leaning towards basketball because that is his favorite sports (for NOw as this changes by the week). I guess I just have to be cognizant and not push him one way or the other like some parents do.
Were you not alive before you were a teen and living in your mother country?
Sorry, a bit of sarcasm there-but ..was sports not available, did you not show an interest or was it not allowed for other reasons?
I know that for me--until high school, sports was not allowed because the school boosters program was too expensive. Parents in that school district felt parents should pay for everything.
When I moved, I got the chance to join an after school program.
#5
Posted 02 March 2010 - 12:05 PM
When I was younger I was always involved in sports of some kind. T-ball and soccer coming first, the discovery that I really wasn't very good at sports as I got older. I found that competition turned my friends into cocky jerks that didn't want to be my friend any more because I couldn't catch a ball on the run. Sports? You can have 'em.
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#6
Posted 02 March 2010 - 12:11 PM
#7
Posted 02 March 2010 - 12:24 PM
#8
Posted 02 March 2010 - 12:31 PM
I think she gets as much character building, etc from participating in her drama classes/productions.
Kimberly Purcell
Productivity Consultant - Amethyst Productivity
#9
Posted 02 March 2010 - 12:35 PM
Sorry, a bit of sarcasm there-but ..was sports not available, did you not show an interest or was it not allowed for other reasons?
Soccer is everywhere in the globe, but not much is organized at all. The structure, dedication, and the organization for organized sports in the US is second to none. Just driving in the Spring/Summer with all those soccer moms and baseball dads with mini vans everywhere.
#10
Posted 02 March 2010 - 12:37 PM
te he he he.....I tell my daughter as I'm doling out a restriction that because she is naturally drama-ish, I won't ever have to pay for drama classes....
But, I know what you mean....you can find many of the same benefits of sports in other venues for kids who are not athetically inclined or physically able.
Art, music, scouting, volunteering, journalism, political sciences...
#11
Posted 02 March 2010 - 12:38 PM
I think she gets as much character building, etc from participating in her drama classes/productions.
Great post. Great decision. Great kid.
#12
Posted 02 March 2010 - 12:43 PM
I think it also helps kids to become comfortable with change since you play at different times, different fields, and have to develope a whole new routine when the season starts and ends. At the beginning it seems impossible to fit in all the practices (2 for each kid, so for us, 4 practices a week and 2 games on Saturdays) and it seems like a sacrifice to give up your Saturdays, but when the season is over it feels like "now what will we do with ourselves!"
It's worth doing something as long as the kids enjoy it-- they really like feeling part of a team which can eventually end up feeling like "family".
#13
Posted 02 March 2010 - 02:01 PM
Thank you. I think she's pretty awesome.
Kimberly Purcell
Productivity Consultant - Amethyst Productivity
#14 (MaxineR)
Posted 02 March 2010 - 03:42 PM
I think sports today is a waste because too many think it's more important than education. Kids start to neglect their studies and get the "JOCK" mentality. I remember my brother thought if he made the team he'd get more girls. It only made his face break out more from all the sweating! Ha!
Also, Tiger Woods, whom I once admired, seemed to think he deserved to do whatever he wanted, by his own admission. I think that is the perfect example of how sports can ruin a perfectly good man. Ego and testosterone run amuck!
#15
Posted 02 March 2010 - 03:48 PM
I don't think it necesarilly has to be with sports (though that can be one thing), but I agree with the basic principle. I agree the best thing with any activity like that is that it gives kids stuff to do, especially after school. For teens it's less chance of doing something like joining gangs or just generally getting in trouble; and for younger "kid kids" as you said it's just a character builder and just a fun way to pass the time.
Parents should definitely encourage kids to do those kind of activities, but not to the point of pressuring or pushing too hard. Although I'm sure the stereotypical "obnoxious little league parents" aren't the majority, lol.
I'm not against kids doing video games or tv (I'd be a hypocrite if I said that 'cause I did alot myself), but they should do more outdoor things too.
Personally, even though I'm a dude I was never a big sports fan. I did grow up around golf and played most of them at one point, but it was usually nothing beyond a casual level - like in school PE, with kids in the neighborhood or catch with my dad.
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