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worried my young children will be addicts as well
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 680619" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I'm not shocked that good athletes don't want to play. There are a LOT of problems with organized sports (sorry, this is one of my pet peeves <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/soapbox.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":soapbox:" title="soapbox :soapbox:" data-shortname=":soapbox:" /> )</p><p> </p><p>Perhaps the biggest problem is that organized team sports enforce strict age groupings. So, you HAVE to play with your "own age". Except... kids can be total bullies, complete pains, and... it doesn't matter how good you are, if you are not "neurotypical" and "average" in your thinking... you ARE bullied. (Sorry. Parents and coaches and any other adults <em>might</em> catch 5-10% of what really goes on - it hasn't changed in 40 years.) The kids don't care about whether it's "good for" some other kid to play or not... either you are accepted into "the" group, or you are "out". We kept our kids out of ALL team sports, and have absolutely no regrets about doing so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 680619, member: 11791"] I'm not shocked that good athletes don't want to play. There are a LOT of problems with organized sports (sorry, this is one of my pet peeves :soapbox: ) Perhaps the biggest problem is that organized team sports enforce strict age groupings. So, you HAVE to play with your "own age". Except... kids can be total bullies, complete pains, and... it doesn't matter how good you are, if you are not "neurotypical" and "average" in your thinking... you ARE bullied. (Sorry. Parents and coaches and any other adults [I]might[/I] catch 5-10% of what really goes on - it hasn't changed in 40 years.) The kids don't care about whether it's "good for" some other kid to play or not... either you are accepted into "the" group, or you are "out". We kept our kids out of ALL team sports, and have absolutely no regrets about doing so. [/QUOTE]
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