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re: More Pussification in Youth Athletics
Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:38 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:38 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Like I said earlier: A bunch of cowards who weren't good enough when they were young and so vicariously live through their children who really don't give a flying frick about trophy or no trophy.
I don't believe parents should force kids in to doing something they have no interest just because it was the parent's dream. I see it now with gymnastics and cheerleading in my area. Competitive cheerleading has been huge in this area for over 2 decades, and you see mothers already putting their 5 and 6 year olds on competitive teams. That's entirely too early, and the ones who start at a high level of competition very young usually burn out by high school.
Yes, I have my kids in gymnastics, but it's for fun, great exercise for them, and they WANT to be in it. I have no plans to let them do anything really competitive (even if they want to) until they're at least in middle school. Before then, all I really ask is that they have fun with it and progress.
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Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:42 am to UMTigerRebel
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I don't believe parents should force kids in to doing something they have no interest just because it was the parent's dream. I see it now with gymnastics and cheerleading in my area. Competitive cheerleading has been huge in this area for over 2 decades, and you see mothers already putting their 5 and 6 year olds on competitive teams. That's entirely too early, and the ones who start at a high level of competition very young usually burn out by high school.
I have no plans to let them do anything really competitive (even if they want to) until they're at least in middle school. Before then, all I really ask is that they have fun with it and progress.
Getting your kid(s) involved in extracurricular activities isn't a ubiquitously bad thing, I totally agree. In fact, there's little else I can say other than I disagree with nothing you declared.
It's just really bizarre to see this line of thinking that if your kid isn't fighting to win, they must be a "pussy" and you're enabling weakness. In the military, that might actually be applicable (although the evolution of our tactics is clearly going in a different direction) but when they're 10? Maybe even 13 or 14? It's too much to ask. They just want to have fun.
Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:50 am to UMTigerRebel
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I don't believe parents should force kids in to doing something they have no interest just because it was the parent's dream. I see it now with gymnastics and cheerleading in my area. Competitive cheerleading has been huge in this area for over 2 decades, and you see mothers already putting their 5 and 6 year olds on competitive teams. That's entirely too early, and the ones who start at a high level of competition very young usually burn out by high school.
Yes, I have my kids in gymnastics, but it's for fun, great exercise for them, and they WANT to be in it. I have no plans to let them do anything really competitive (even if they want to) until they're at least in middle school. Before then, all I really ask is that they have fun with it and progress.
Absolutely. I grew up loving soccer and played club soccer for several years. It broke my heart when neither of my kids liked it, but I never forced them to play. Son likes basketball, and daughter is more of a free spirit into the arts. She did have a friend convince her to do cheerleading last year and she loved it. But watching her it's clear she doesn't have the athletic ability to be a cheerleader long term. But yeah, there were a couple of the cheerleading moms that frightened the crap out of me. These were 6 year olds, mind you.
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