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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 351992" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>The whole thing makes me ill. Whatever happened to kids being kids? We overschedule them and then wonder why they are stressed out.</p><p> </p><p>OK, that's a generalization. But my personal opinion is... Kid wants to play football? Sure. Mommy or Daddy wants kid to play football? NOT. This is how Jett ended up in football - BM signed him up. He hated it. Then the court ordered us to keep him in it when husband took over residential. So we did... and now Jett loves it - but NOT on the former team! LOL... I was in gymnastics as a small child. I adored it. Then I got the measles and... Sigh. They closed, I turned into a bookworm. Mom and Dad never pushed sports.</p><p> </p><p>Onyxx was in soccer, softball, cheerleading and BM wanted her in basketball, plus pageants. The only one she <em>really</em> wanted to do was soccer, and now she's not interested at all. However - she goes nuts for Jett's team. She loves the games. Loves cheering her brother on. It's cute.</p><p> </p><p>But wow - let's teach our kids to be fake, and then wonder why they have no self-esteem... Everyone is rewarded (trophies at the end of the season)... Why should they try hard? They're getting a trophy anyway. And then at the other end of the spectrum are the parents who actuall SCREAM at the children for a fumble. (Um - the kid in question was TEN, not NFL...)</p><p> </p><p>Like the natural stuff better too. Let the little girl play dress up and record them. This is much better...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 351992, member: 6705"] The whole thing makes me ill. Whatever happened to kids being kids? We overschedule them and then wonder why they are stressed out. OK, that's a generalization. But my personal opinion is... Kid wants to play football? Sure. Mommy or Daddy wants kid to play football? NOT. This is how Jett ended up in football - BM signed him up. He hated it. Then the court ordered us to keep him in it when husband took over residential. So we did... and now Jett loves it - but NOT on the former team! LOL... I was in gymnastics as a small child. I adored it. Then I got the measles and... Sigh. They closed, I turned into a bookworm. Mom and Dad never pushed sports. Onyxx was in soccer, softball, cheerleading and BM wanted her in basketball, plus pageants. The only one she [I]really[/I] wanted to do was soccer, and now she's not interested at all. However - she goes nuts for Jett's team. She loves the games. Loves cheering her brother on. It's cute. But wow - let's teach our kids to be fake, and then wonder why they have no self-esteem... Everyone is rewarded (trophies at the end of the season)... Why should they try hard? They're getting a trophy anyway. And then at the other end of the spectrum are the parents who actuall SCREAM at the children for a fumble. (Um - the kid in question was TEN, not NFL...) Like the natural stuff better too. Let the little girl play dress up and record them. This is much better... [/QUOTE]
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