Whether or not you yearn to play sports, recreational activities such as basketball or soccer have been entrenched in our society for centuries. Having been an essential part to the development of children in physical and psychological capabilities, we have no justified explanation to reduce sports to nothing more than a risky or dangerous nuisance. When playing, children will further mature their mental capabilities. Therefore, this will lead them to self-improve their communication, social skills, including their educational quality. Additionally, playing sports will also increase your chances of living a healthier life than others, preventing obesity, along with multiple heart problems. While some parents are uncomfortable with their children …show more content…
Such lessons have led to the mental maturity of adolescents, which could be crucial in many children's road to success. Discarding sports could be compared discarding your child's mental welfare. Speaking of mental maturity, children who play sports tend to have better experience with communicational skills and improved confidence in participating, along with certain aspects of leadership. This is likely due to the fact that they would have to deal with multiple situations that would strengthen their capability to handle something they're not familiar with. Not only that, but this could also lead them into participating more, gaining friends along the way. Furthermore, children who play on sports teams have been proven to be better in their academic program, receiving higher grades than before entering a sports team. I speculate that this could be because the people involved in extracurricular activities could be motivated more than the average person to do extraordinarily well in school. How? In a typical school, if a student's grades do not fulfil the academic standards are not as good as they should be, they are suspended from any extra activities that could could be the reason of their work quality …show more content…
It’s likely that they are fearful of their child getting injured. However, studies have shown that majority of injuries aren extremely serious, not to mention that their is a slim chance of getting the injury in the first place. Despite this, parents are still sticking to their own claims, refusing to change sides. Even if injuries were a minor issue, this is not enough evidence to conclude that sports are disadvantageous, especially when compared to all of the benefits of playing. While some would conclude that the following info is enough to hinder a child from playing sports, think: Are you really making the safest choice for your
I agree with the point that the focus of sports has shifted just to winning the game as the world has turned into a big rat race where everyone is trying to bring the others down. These types of sports should not be a part of children’s life. They have a hazardous effect on the development of a child’s body and personality. Due to the demanding nature, the children are affected mentally and physically. Their bodies are not developed to take this much of pressure. Jessica puts it rightly when she says that the inability to perform physically leads the children to develop mental health
Sports help them stay in shape because, the Aspen Institute, a nonprofit organization that does humanistic studies, said, “Exercise is one of the least expensive ways to stay healthy, with one study finding that exercise can prevent chronic diseases as effectively as medication,” (Aspen Institute). One of the many benefits of playing sports is that the children will build character. Building character is important because with character they will make new friends and develop different skills. Playing sports at a young age can build character in many ways, “Playing sports at a young age enables children to participate in social interactions and build skills such as teamwork, leadership, and responsibility as they learn to work with others to achieve a common goal,” (Aspen Institute).
Participating in a sport at an early age can be essential to the overall growth process during a child’s upbringing. Whether the participation is through some sort of organized league or just getting together amongst friends and playing, the lessons learned from this can help teach these kids and provide a positive message to them as they develop. There is a certain point, however, when organized sports can hinder progress, which is when adults get too involved and forget about the underlying reason to why they are helping. While adult involvement is necessary, adult involvement can sometimes send the wrong message to children when they try to make participation become more than just about fun and learning. According to Coakley (2009), “organized sports are worth the effort put forth by adults, as long as they do what is in the best interest of their children and put that thought ahead of their own agenda” (Coakley, p. 151). This is a valid argument because once adults put themselves in front of the children and their values, it needs to be re-evaluated as to why they first got involved in the beginning. Partaking in organized sport and activity from a young age can be beneficial to the overall development of children, as long as decisions actions are made in the best interest of the children and not stemming from ulterior motives of adults.
Sports teach kids to learn many life lessons, lessons that will be important such as working in a team or working hard toward a goal. Parents are far too involved in youth sports. In our current time, kids have no independence in sports, everything is parent run, with the intentions of the parent trying to have their kids win and become elite superstars. Atkinson writes in an article that in his home town of Methuen Massachusetts he and all the other kids in his town used to organize all the sports, and parents would help cover the financial part, but the sport itself was directed by the kids, the way youth sports should be run, for the interest of the kids. Kids should determine what goes on; kids should be able to experiment with different sports in a non hostile environment in which they can fun. Having fun is most important in youth sports along with learning life lessons. Kids who enjoyed youth sports growing up were more likely to go onto play high school sports (Atkinson). Of course there are exceptions in which some kids will want to be pushed in a sport; however, it must have the child's desire to be pushed not the parents’(Hatter). Lastly, as important as sports are in society in the 21st century especially in the U.S. kids need to be able to have a life outside of sports. Kids should be able to have fun away from sports (Katen). Kids should be kids, very few kids will be going professional in sports, and it is important kids
Have you ever been told that you are too young to be playing in competitive sports?
Sports are the downgrade of society and should be ultimately removed. We would like to propose the removal of sports at our school. Sports distract people from school, cause serious injuries, and give kids false hope of college scholarships. If we don’t remove sports from our school it could cause our future generation to not be able to obtain a proper education and be successful in their future. If we don’t take sports out of our school, then there will be more problems with our kids health and their lives.
These days, there is too much pressure on children who participate in organized sports because of the unnecessary parental involvement they experience. A growing concern amongst those involved in youth sports is that certain aspects of parental involvement become detrimental to the development and experiences of young athletes. Early emphasis on winning, making money, and the disruption of education can exceedingly affect ones desire to further participate in a sport later on in his/her life.
There have always been debates on whether children should play sports. Multiple views have been presented and several facts proposed. People argue that sports build good character, teach life lessons and keep children in shape mentally and physically. Every child deserves to have a way to build character and acquire life lessons while they are still young because these are essential to being a child. Sports present the building blocks of numerous assets that could be used in their everyday life and in the sports world.
In both Life of Pi by Yann Martel and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the protagonists experience major changes from their everyday life. In LoP, Pi travels to Canada by boat to start a new life with his family, but after the boat sinks, finds himself isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with only a Bengal tiger for company. In ODITLOID, the Russian Ivan Denisovich (Shukhov) first suffers the horrors of battle in WWII, and then winds up in a Russian prison camp, wrongly accused of being a spy. The theme of Tsimtsum-the creation and filing of a void-plays a crucial role in the novels. Both Pi and Shukhov experience tremendous changes in their respective novels, but due to their resilience, they find the will to survive.
Kids don’t go out for sports anymore because they’re just not motivated, whether it’s the parents or they are just too scared to mess up and get yelled at. Many kids wish they had self-confidence in themselves there is a certain kind of motivation for that. Many parents probably wish their kids would set themselves with high standards another word for that is achievement motivation. This would mean their kids would push themselves until the very end to make sure they do their best at everything they do. They will take advantage of something if the time is presented to them. Research has been shown people with high achievement motivation are more likely to take more risks in their life to achieve their goals, also set more challenging goals to achieve. However, such people do have a greater risk of heart disease, and other health
It will encourage students to try their best to accomplish superior grades. It opens their eyes in a different perspective on behavior as well as stronger scholastic peer relationships. It gives students activities excluding school work, because teenagers generally focus their mind on unacceptable actions. Parents commonly show passion along with appreciation when their child/children play a sport. They get to have a closer relationship and be elaborate with them more often than normal. Frequently, students do not care about their reputation or acknowledge the adults’ opinions on themselves; but in my opinion, playing sports and being mostly involved with their schools presents an improved character while in school and once they graduate. I was once told that “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” Additionally, self-esteem in high school is hard to come by, occasionally sports help! Sports cause you to interact with other people and uplift you to do better. It presents a sharpened perspective on your schoolwork, career, future, and life altogether. In some cases, playing a sport can benefit you in an enhanced form. Scholarships can be a broad opportunity for valuable players with a good education on their shoulders. As well as, college recruitment can be another option. Money is hard to come by for college and if that seems to be a struggle for a student playing a sport can help tremendously. That
According to statistics gathered by youth sports organizations, “Up to 50 million kids play youth sports in America, and 73 percent who begin playing a sport quit before they turn 13” (Binns). The children could have quit because they did not like the disappointment of losing, or because they are exhausted from their parents pushing them too hard. But parents have their reasons for pushing their children into sports. “Studies show that kids who play sports are less likely to become obese, abuse drugs or alcohol or to perform poorly in school” (McCormick). If children are not active, then they will most likely become overweight, and if they have nothing to do in their pastime, they may turn to drugs and alcohol, which usually leads to a decrease of grades in school. A parent putting his/her child in sports gives the child something to do and keeps them fit. Parents also put their child in a sport hoping that he/she will get success out of it “Eager to nurture the next A-Rod or Michelle Kwan, parents enroll their 5- or 6-year-olds in a competitive sports league or program” (Stenson). While not all parents are pushing for future Olympians, the fight for a sports college scholarship is competitive and parents may feel that their child will have a better chance of gaining one if he/she starts competitive sports early. Parents push their children to succeed, and children--not wanting to disappoint their parents--push themselves, sometimes harder than they should. If done right, pushing a child into sports can have a positive effect on the child’s interaction with other children while teaching them commitment and healthy competition. However, focusing on winning and earning a scholarship versus having fun may backfire, because the cons...
Pros and Cons of Children in Sports On Friday, October 18, 2013, Aledo High School and Western Hills High School squared off in a football game. It was a great game for those rooting for Aledo High because they won the game 91 – 0. At the time these two teams played, ESPN of Dallas/Fort Worth had Aledo ranked number one in the state in class 4A high school football. With a massacre like that, one may ask if the Western Hills Football team knew why they had lost so badly. Would this game have made state and national news if it had been played but no score was kept?
At some point students has had trouble either at home or at school and need to release stress or tension. Some of these times the teens choose to do activities that are wrong. Youth want to feel comfort and accepted, therefore they sometimes will do events that are not well for their body just to fit in with a group. There is evidence that proves sports can reduce the likeliness of teens committing crimes, or getting into trouble. Tees look at the negative substances such as drugs, alcohol, or tobacco, and think that they can do whatever they want. Many teens look at these activities and think they are “exciting” or “cool” and want to try them, but if they are busy with sports they most likely will not be as easily influenced. Participation in sports helps keep teens out of trouble by taking up their free time which could be used for mischief, gives them an opportunity to meet new friends for positive role models, provides teens an outlet to develop a higher self-esteem, and also enables student to set goals for on and off the field.
Sports have always been a vast part of American culture. We give our babies different sports items to play with. From the time they can walk they have sports pushed on them. If you go to any store to buy toys for children you can find all sorts of different sports items for kids. Many parents push these sports items on their child hoping that they will be the next phenom in the world of sports. Who wouldn’t want this for their child? Athletics can open up all types of opportunities. It can pay for college and if they happen to play at the professional level they will be making vast amounts of money. Although sports can be great are these parents pushing their kids to hard? No matter if there are some detrimental aspects to sports there is always the positive of the life lessons that can be learned.