Comments on: Encouraging Your Child's Activity Level

By: Single Car Family: Surviving in the Suburbs with One Car : Eco Child’s Play

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:22:18 +0000

[...] kids will take classes or be on teams on opposite sides of the [...]

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:56:55 +0000

I think you need to find a compromise and do outdoor activities that are of interest to your kids – as each will have a different favourite. My son loves football so I always sign him up for after school football clubs, and my daughter loves swimming so she has swimming lessons. We have also chosen to join our local park with an annual season ticket which allows us to walk and picnic and use the park facilities (mini golf, sand pit, adventure playground) as many times as we want this year. The only problem – the weather!! Lets hope we have more sun this summer in the UK.

By: Beth Bader

Beth Bader — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:52:23 +0000

I was lousy at team sports, but I found a real love of individual sports like running, swimming, but also pursuits like hiking, a quiet walk in the woods. Activity can be dance, or any kind of active play or movement, not specifically a sport. There are a lot of options offered by local parks and rec. many of which are not competitive sports.

By: Abby

Abby — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:22:31 +0000

I always wonder, whenever I read anything like this, about kids who just aren’t very good at sports. I was the sort of kid who always had her head in a book and was always embarrassed during organized sports or gym class. Pushing too much can be humiliating.

By: Kendra Holliday

Kendra Holliday — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:16:22 +0000

I feel like such a lazybones reading this! I work on a laptop all day and keep meaning to do yoga. Meanwhile my daughter is running circles around me! I guess in this case, mom is getting encouragement from the kid! I will become more active, I promise.

By: Soccer » Encouraging Your Child’s Activity Level

Soccer » Encouraging Your Child’s Activity Level — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:19:09 +0000

[...] Eco Child’s Play wrote an interesting post today on Encouraging Your Child’s Activity LevelHere’s a quick excerptBecoming a “soccer mom” can be pretty demanding, but resourceful parents can often find a way to fit in activity of their own while a child is at practice o r a lesson…. [...]