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I definitely don't plan on encouraging it, and honestly, would be surprised if he's coordinated enough lol. Considering DH played no sports, and was, well, a stoner guitarist, and I was a band geek, whose only sports talents were ballet and tennis.....he's probably not going to be much of a jock
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Generally I think we wouldn't forbid playing contact sports, but we're hoping that having short, non-athletic, geeky parents will mean our future kids won't be as interested in those sort of activities.
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I'll let them play any sport they feel passionately about. I don't think there's any way to really prevent injuries in ANY sport. Yes, football/hockey are intrinsically more violent, but I don't know any sport that doesn't come with risk of injury. For goodness sakes, I saw a guy get his eyelid ripped off in a water polo game.
DH and I plan on encouraging sports, because we were both athletes (DH was even drafted MLB, although declined to play and did D1 baseball instead) and it teaches teamwork, coordination, good eating/physical habits, etc. If they absolutely hate sports, fine, but that doesn't get you out of exercising and living a healthy lifestyle.
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I'll discourage hockey, it's too crazy here and not an atmosphere I really want my kids in. Plus it's really expensive, there's super stinky gear and from the time they are little (like 7yo), they are on two practises per week plus a game and tournaments. No thank you!
Football isn't very big here, plus our kids will be inheriting short people genes, so I doubt it'll come up.
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I'd allow it. We come from very athletic families and I just can't see telling him "no" if he wants to play a given sport, contact or not.
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Yes. I could never say he couldn't play a sport he loves. Even if I tried, DH would protest to no end. I told him that DS can play any sport he wants as long as he also lets him do other things he might not encourage- like ballet hahaha. Just saying he can do what he wants.
Oh I should add I was a tomboy too and my 17th birthday was a football party hahaha. My parents have 5 acres so we played a game of football and it was so fun. I cracked a rib... Or two. Hahaha but it was worth it
I think I would prefer soccer of any sport
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@Grace: what part of Canada are you from ?
LO will be in sports - most likely hockey & maybe swimming, (if that's what he wants, I'm not opposed to putting him in something non-"traditional" such as diving or figure skating if that's what he wants to go for). I'll try to make it as non-contact as possible for him but I wouldn't go as far as not letting him join.
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@bebefly: Lol - Winnipeg.
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