We often say that personal example plays a key role in raising children. But what if the child does not want to play sports, even following the example of his parents?
1. Child's wishes are not taken into account
If you took your kid to the sports section, bought equipment, and after a couple of sessions he started whining that he no longer wants to walk, then, of course, the first desire is to make him continue walking. Maybe he'll get used to it. The parents' logic is understandable, but it does not coincide with the interests of the child.
What to do? Do not rush to buy expensive equipment for your child until you are sure that it will come in handy. Try new sections, take breaks, suggest options, enroll in a section where someone familiar to the child goes.
2. Coach doesn't fit
Children cannot always distinguish between dislike for sports and dislike for a particular coach. He may simply not have a relationship with a mentor, but it is expressed as "I don't want to play sports anymore."
What to do? Look for a coach based on reviews, and it is about human qualities, and not professional success. If you are not raising an Olympic champion, then let him go in for sports as an amateur, but with pleasure.
3. The child is overwhelmed
Even with motivation, it can be overkill. Parents try to push the child to accomplishments, to be active, to move, learn, strive to constantly develop, stir up - but sometimes forget to leave alone.
Inflated expectations put pressure on the child, he feels that he constantly "must" and quickly begins to resist. Then sports are no longer a joy, because they are associated with "hyperactive" parents.What to do? Give your child the opportunity to "waste" time. Let him not do anything, not conquer the peaks, not make discoveries. He will take a break from parental pressure - and begin to move in the right direction.
4. The child is criticized
The parent should be passionate about the sports he is engaged in, become a guide to this world for the child, but not assert himself at his expense, not criticize if the baby does not succeed. Yes, you can, but he cannot. But he studies and tries. It's just a child - and just a sport. And there is no reason at all to undermine the child's trust in parents.
If a child is not suppressed, humiliated, not forced, then he will have no reason to rebel and refuse to play sports.
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