Posted by jhilyer on November 29, 2012 at 06:31:50 from (74.81.112.46):
PJH made a good comment about being a sports player on my other thread.
Here was my reply to him:
I was never a "jock" in high school. My boys, are, though. They are -almost- at the age where they could get an after school job. And I want them to. Builds character. So do sports, I guess. Maybe. Sometimes sports builds that 'hero' attitude like you say.
I don't want my boys to miss having an after school job for the sake of sports practice. Maybe they'll have 'weekend' & 'summer' jobs instead.
Sports were never important to me, but I know kids from our little school who have gotten sports scholarships to go to college. So if it helps my kids go to school, I'm for it.
What do you all think? Have you been through this sport vs. job problem? How did you handle it?
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