‘It is important that my child participates in a team sport’: this is what you think
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Football, hockey, horseback riding or ballet: there are dozens of sports to choose from. Do you leave that choice entirely up to your child or do you encourage him to opt for a team sport? We asked you with a statement on Facebook.
A small selection of the reactions.
Child on a team sport: yes or no?
- Rianne: “Yes, we deliberately let our daughter participate in a team sport. So that she can learn to deal with children/adults unknown to her and she learns to work together. She also just really likes hockey.”
- Sonja: “It is important that your child does something that makes him/her happy or happy/energises.”
- Mayke: “I think it’s important that my child is happy. Whether without sport, with individual sport or team sport. Choose what suits your child.”
- Sharon: “No, some children are not team players, they prefer to be on their own. So don’t force these children to play/sport together ‘fun’ and ‘fun’ because this is absolutely counterproductive.”
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- Des’rée: “They can choose what they like. (Apart from swimming lessons, which is a mandatory round) Sports should be fun and not torture.”
- Mylène: “Sports: yes. Team sport, why? So that they learn to work together? They are in a class with 30 children 5 days a week. They will probably learn to work together.”
- Jolanda: “Team sport is so important in this individualistic world. Playing together, working together for something, accepting each other and supporting each other. In principle it does not matter which team sport, but personally I think that korfball adds an important element to that, man and woman are equal.”
- Anita: “No sport here, but scouting. It’s about learning how to interact with others and doing things together.”
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