I tend to agree although a possible benefit of playing another sport is that you get to compete during the offseason e.g. playing something where there is a winner and a loser. This is probably most beneficial at a younger age. IMO if a kid enjoys playing other sports let them. If they don't, then don't force them. My sister earned 12 varsity letters in HS and she has said a number of times that in hindsight it was too much. She was burned out by her Senior year. She ended up playing D1 volleyball in college..the one sport she didn't pick up till HS. She had offers to play in college in the other two sports.This emphasis on 3 (organized) sports must stop.
Its pointless
BTW to my surprise almost all of DDs injuries she would have, have all but gone away since she started lifting heavy 18 months ago.
13 is rough..My sister and handled that age differently (we are 13 months apart..me being older). She locked herself in her room to get away from my parents and I would escape to the ballfield...she had a much more successful athletic career though so...I've encouraged mine repeatedly about weight lifting and also yoga, my personal favorite exercise. But she's in slacker mode currently. I think she'll always be all-out when she's actually AT practice, but her outside practice/exercise motivation has dropped significantly over the past year and a half or so (she just turned 13 in Sep).
I try to remember being 13 and how hard it was. Everything mattered SO much. The stupidest things felt like the end of the world. It's still not easy to deal with though. My older daughter is 15. My house is filled with crazy hormones.13 is rough..My sister and handled that age differently (we are 13 months apart..me being older). She locked herself in her room to get away from my parents and I would escape to the ballfield...she had a much more successful athletic career though so...
Mine are spread out (DD is 10, DS1 is 4 and DS2 is 1) so the craziness will come in waves..My older daughter is 15. My house is filled with crazy hormones.
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It's just a different kind of crazy. I'd actually take teenagers over toddlers any day. Toddlers are my parenting Achilles heel. It's a good thing they're so cute.Mine are spread out (DD is 10, DS1 is 4 and DS2 is 1) so the craziness will come in waves..
I've said this before but IMO it is not the amount of hours of sports involved that is the issue, it is the % of those hours which take place in a pressurized environment. From the age of probably 9 or 10 till I left HS, I probably played either basketball or baseball literally 355 out of the 365 days of the year. However a very high percentage of those hours were either working on my own or playing with my friends. Stress does weird stuff to the body.