Children and Sports

My youngest has played soccer already and this is her first season of softball. She was so excited for the first practice. She had a great time and her teammates seemed to have a lot of fun as well.

At this young age this is what sports is suppose to be all about, having fun.

I see too many parents getting so caught up in pushing their children into sports. Don't get me wrong, encouraging and supporting your child are good, however pushing them into something because you feel that the child NEEDS to be participating is not good.

We need to just let our children play these games and have fun. They will let us know if they wish to continue to play the sport. At that point continued encouragement and support is our job.

My two cents.

What is this blog about anyway ...

Well, when I started this blog my idea was that I could just type what was going on in my head that day, whether it be about sports, my children or life in general.

I also planned on writing a little something in here everyday. That has not been possible as with my job and family of six children my life stays quite busy.

In a few weeks I will be starting back to college again, this time for my Masters degree. I feel like I have finally figured out what I am suppose to be doing for a living, an elementary school teacher.

It is amazing to me how much energy I have and the excitement when I go and visit the classes of children when I teach Junior Achievement. I have felt the same way about the children on my Upward Basketball teams. I want to make a difference with my life and I feel like this is it, teaching elementary school children.

So, with going back to college my posts to this blog may even further apart than they already are.

I have many ideas of things I would like to comment on and share, I will try to get to them.

Today we ran into a very dear friend and his family at Lowe's, Lee Brown. I have not seen or spoken with Lee and Sherri in probably 2 years. I have let the busyness of life keep me from visiting with friends and family. I need to make a point of getting up to visit with Lee and Sherri very soon.