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 their parents?
1. The wishes of the child are not taken into account
If you took the kid to the sports section, bought equipment, and after a couple of classes he began to whine 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 logic of the parents 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, offer options, sign up for a section where someone familiar to the child goes.
2. Trainer 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 specifically about human qualities, and not professional success. If you do not raise an Olympic champion, then let him go in for sports amateurishly, but with pleasure.
3. The child is overloaded
Even motivation can be overkill. Parents try to encourage the child to achieve, to be active, to move, to learn, they strive to constantly develop, stir up - but sometimes they forget to leave it alone.
High expectations put pressure on the child, he feels that he constantly "should" and quickly begins to resist. Then sport is no longer a joy, because it is associated with "hyperactive" parents.What to do? Give your child time to waste. Let him not do anything, do not conquer peaks, do not make discoveries. He will rest from parental pressure - and begin to move in the right direction.
4. The child is criticized
The parent should be passionate about the sport he is engaged in, become a guide to this world for the child, but not assert himself at his expense, not criticize if the kid does not succeed in something. Yes, you can, but he cannot. But he is learning and trying. It's just a child - and just a sport. And there is no reason to undermine the child's trust in parents.
If a child is not suppressed, humiliated, or forced, then he will have no reason to rebel and refuse to play sports.
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