Reply #8: What's worse to me is kid's sports

[cally]

Kids are pusshed to focus on one sport at a very early age. It is not uncommon for kids as young as 6 or 7 to spend the summer at soccer, basketball, or swim camp. Instead of camps with a variety of activities and leisure time, they focus on the one sport. I remember when my kids were that age I took them to science class as an afterschool activity. It was a fairly long drive but a great program. They made a telescope and learned basic astronomy. Everyone thought I was nuts but noone commented on the long drives many took to take their kids to special swim coaches or basketball coaches. The part that just amazed me, and still does, is the parents pushing the sports the most were often small and had intellectual jobs. The chance of any of these kids making it past competitive HS sports seemed almost nil. I just don't get the whold fixation. Some is good, too much is harmful.