Reply #19: It's socialization, more than anything. [View All]

[Orsino]

My mother-in-law made my wife go out for basketball back in the day, and made her stick with it for one whole season. My wife enjoyed some of it, but chose not to go back for more. She remembers it as a positve experience.

I think it's good for kids to be put into an environment where they have to play by rules and support a team effort. It's what they'll probably have to do as adults, after all. As long as parents monitor from a distance, the children will be strengthened rather than beaten down.