In our decade of parenting, we’ve sometimes struggled with the role of sports in our children’s lives. They require time and money commitments, and while they certainly have value, it is easy for their importance to get blown out of proportion – for parents and children alike. So, while we play a lot as a family (badminton, backyard baseball, Frisbee, soccer), we were a bit hesitant to enter them in competitive team sports.
This fall Carman & Sudoku played soccer for the first time. Because of when their birthdays fall, they were among the oldest in their age groups.
Sudoku’s league was pretty congenial. There were a few good players, but it was mostly girls having a good time. Sometimes two girls would start talking on the field and the ball would roll right past them in the middle of a game. It was that sort of climate early in the season. Continue reading
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