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My kids are athletic, but they don't run.

It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.

Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.

Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.

My kids are good athletes and runners. They run in a bunch of sports.

We're constantly told that running will ruin our knees and outrage our hearts, but for nearly all of human existence, it was associated with freedom, vitality, and eternal youth.

For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

I'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.

It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity - and Bill alluded to this - so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go.

I think we should bring up our children with much less pressure to compete and get ahead: no comparing one child with another, at home or in school; no grades. Let athletics be primarily for fun, and let them be organized by children and youths themselves.