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Originally Posted by ikarcuaso
My take - of course I'd be happy if they played. Maybe one year. If either tells me they don't want to play anymore after that, then they won't. So the question is, should I even "encourage" them to play this one season and go through it, or should I just let participation in this, or any activity for that matter, be something they actively ask for and show a real desire to do?
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I'll be the lone dissenting voice I guess. My first question would be why would you be happier if they played?
I would let them ask rather than encourage. If you have been doing pickup with them they likely will want to do it. The problem with encouraging them in absence of their initiation is that kids will often do things just to please the parent. Team sports are not for everyone.
And no, I was not traumatized by LL. I played for 5 years and did quite well. My son did 2 seasons of soccer and one aborted season of t-ball. He does not dig the team sport thing at all and I quit encouraging it. He's got other fish to fry...