Fighting-Gravity wrote: CelticTiger wrote: Baby_Huey wrote: I don't have any kids yet but hope to some day. I'm still told I'm a kid being 24. I wouldn't call you a kid: I was married with one kid by the time I was 24! Daniel Heck at 30 i could barely feed my self! At 43 im way past ramen but still act like i'm a kid.

I get told I'm a kid because the office I'm editor at, all the ladies I work with are old enough to be my mother or grandmother, some have grandkids older then me.  But I think I will always be a kid at heart, I enjoy having time to do fun thinks like TKD.  I use to over work at my first reporter job and that was how I signed up TKD because I was stressing out and with my high weight I was heading to a heart attack by 25.   

I see your point season, but the thing is that so many things kids get involved with are suppose to be a way of life and it can cause kids to become bored with them and lose interest.  I loved scouts when I was first learning everything but by the time I earned my arrow of light, I was bored with it because I had been doing it for so long and wanted to do different things.  As an adult, I have more paientce and really focus on what I'm doing.  I appreciate what I'm doing more now then I did as a kid.  I use to think I knew everything so if I didn't agree with what was said I just threw it to the side.  Now I think about it more and accpect other ideas.   

This is a great topic.

I have 3 sons and like to let them try just about any sport or activity that they are interested in. I try to guide them toward what I think suits them best. But in the end, if they don't have a real love or passion for it, I let them drop it.

Some things have lasted longer than others, taekwondo and scouting have remained through the years while ice skating, lacrosse, swimming, basketball, baseball, football, piano lessons, skate boarding and a host of others have come and gone in their own time. 

There are so many good things out there for kids to sign up for.  I think sometimes as a parent we want so much for our kids that we allow them too much.  So far so good but, I can definetly see that could be a problem in our future.