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Originally Posted by fotze
This study assumes that academic performance is the end all and be all. Why use that as the barometer?
I know folks whose children's extra-curricular activities do not include sports but are Kumon and math/school related. These are not because the child is struggling either. That makes me want to vomit. Something tells me this study would be confirmation of that behavior.
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I don't think it would. The study states academic performance and well being were both reduced so at least it recognizes that well being is a part of it and from what I can tell on a brief perusal of the article it doesn't seem to differentiate between whether it is a sport or a music lesson or additional tutoring.
As a parent my thought when I see how crazy my kids can be when doing activities or just reckless on bikes or jumping off stuff is that I hope they hurt themselves a little and learn before they hurt themselves a lot.
So my practice in managing risk is to prevent permenant damage so wear things like helments and padding but always do the activity. Rarely are things to dangerous for kids and rarely are kids too young to do it. You just need to mitigate the risk a little and we have gone to far in that regard.