Hello fellow Gatherites, Friends, Neighbors and Colleagues!
I have been chosen to be one of the "Point Whores of the Week" so hopefully you all will like the articles that I have chosen to contribute.
Every year thousands upon thousands of our children are enrolled in sports and alot of other activities that they may or may not be interested in by their parents.
Do you believe that Parents should "push" their children into sports and activities that their children have no desire to participate in? And if so, WHY?
In my humble opinion, too many times I have seen childen that openly cried because they didn't want to participate in a particular sport or other activity. I personally feel that "pushing" your children to participate in activities that makes the child unhappy is not healthy. Encouragement on the other hand is giving the child the opportunity to voice an opinion on what they are interested in and thus coming to an agreement with their parents. Making it a win-win situation for both.
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Too many children are put in that only know the sport and everything else is forgotten, their education. Then because of how good they are in sports they are passed to other grades without even having the benefit of knowing how to read.
Thanks for your comment!
I do not think it is good to push a child into an activity they don't like. I do not think it is good to have them going to activities constantly. They need down time, time to imagine and play and be able to ride their bikes with friends in the neighborhood.
I couldn't have put it better myself!!
Thanks all for your comments!
My ex was a hockey player through college. He wanted my son to do the same. It was obvious by my son's second year (age 5) that he didn't like it that much. It was a battle between the x and I, but my son still skates, although loves golf and basketball more!
Encourage your child to pursue their dreams, don't force them into a mold that doesn't fit them. If the child seems directionless introduce them to the things you think they might enjoy but let them make the final decision. Too many times parents push their child to do the things that they, the parents, wish they could have done when they were children and end of rejecting the activities that their child had chosen as right for them... prime example is the parent who pushes their daughter to enter beauty pageants when daughter would rather do anything else but that.
Conversly some parents refuse their child the one activity that means the most to said child... like the child who wants to take piano or guitar classes but their parent's won't allow them to.
Seemingly simple question with a plethora of complex answers... and then there's jeff, living on the fault line... p., :D
I personally get irritated by parents that think they have the next Mickey Mantle or Gretzky or whatever..... the odds of that being the truth are pretty far... time for a reality check and a wake up call!
Esther - what does it mean to be "chosen as a point whore ...) HOW are you chosen and by whom??
Inquiring minds (at least one) want to know.
<3 Krystal