[gacook]

I've had my kids in several activities. I've been a life-long athlete (started playing baseball around the same time I started walking, lol), so am a big proponent of youth sports. In my family, you HAD to play baseball. Anything else you did was gravy, but if you weren't good at baseball, you were pretty much useless.

So, with my kids, I wanted them to find activities THEY enjoy. My girls have done softball, soccer, dance and scouts. They love scouts and dance. My oldest daughter (13) is doing cross-country this year. She's the least athletic of my 3 kids. My son has played soccer when he was 5, and has been doing Tae Kwon Do since about the same time--he's 7 now. He'll be playing football starting next year--I really hope he likes it.

You do learn many life lessons playing sports, and you can also make life-long friends. I've tried to get my step-sons involved in sports, but they have no interest. One is REALLY not athletic, so he hates doing it; the other is extremely athletic, but just doesn't want to be part of a team--I haven't figured out why, yet, or how to get around it.