[doubletrouble25]

I think it is great to try to balance sports with a non-sport activity like science or art. My son is currently in karate and the science club. To me it is always good to do a little bit of both and not focus too heavily on just sports. Being I'm a working mom, I put my son in several day camps over the summer too. I'm going to try to balance the same way this summer with soccer camp, science camp and a general outing camp. I'd love to spend more downtime with him at home, but if he needs to be away, at least I feel like he is getting a good balance and is spending part of the time learning while having fun.

[poliscmjr]

What great ideas!

[twinzplus3]

To me, the bigger question is not to balance between sports and academics but to balance between spending "down time" at home vs having to go out/be out and do something all the time. The sports/academics connection will work itself.

[kzara]

I think its important to have a good mix of activities as well. Our family's hobbies are pretty sedentary, we enjoy games of all sorts and spend a lot of time sitting around a table, so it was important that our DD have an active hobby. We found a Kung-Fu school that we love and she took to it right away.

[browneyes01]

sports are a big part of my kids life. they really enjoy playing basketball and football and i don't think they will ever get bored of playing.