Kids Sports: How much is too much?
Categories: Nutrition & Supplements
Just looking at the schedules of my cousin's kids exhausts me: Soccer two night a week, Karate two nights a week, swimming three times a week and SCUBA diving classes once a week. That's in addition to full-time school and part-time volunteering. Holy commitment.
And there's no doubt that commitment is what it takes to be outstanding -- these past Olympics have showed us that. But when it comes to kids sports, how much is too much? Bloggers over at the New York Times are asking the same thing. On one hand, fostering a lifelong relationship with exercise will benefit your child's body and mind for years to come. On the other, too much exercise can be dangerous and can have lasting effects.
What do you think?
And there's no doubt that commitment is what it takes to be outstanding -- these past Olympics have showed us that. But when it comes to kids sports, how much is too much? Bloggers over at the New York Times are asking the same thing. On one hand, fostering a lifelong relationship with exercise will benefit your child's body and mind for years to come. On the other, too much exercise can be dangerous and can have lasting effects.
What do you think?
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Baron 9-05-2008 @ 11:21AM
I can understand doing multiple activities while you are looking for something your kids are either 1) good at or 2) they enjoy. It's nice to be decent at a lot, but it's better to be good (or great) at a few things. Multiple sports are great when they don't really overlap. For instance, if you play football and basketball, you get a little bit of overlap in the seasons, but something like soccer and baseball might have a really big overlap. Like I said, just find what they really enjoy doing and use the extra time for family time.
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