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To: epicure who wrote (81819)	9/3/2008 4:54:52 PM
From: biotech_bull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542970

I agree that kids in Music, drama and non-major sports etc tend to more grounded. As for when the hormones start raging, I dunno if there's any good defense - one can only hope it's a CAT 2 or so as opposed to 4 or 5 <g>

To: epicure who wrote (81819)	9/3/2008 5:57:38 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542970

"I think you could say the same about drama, or orchestra or anything else (other than football, baseball and basketball- which are the "party" sports). Does that make sense?" I find myself agreeing with you and wondering why. Despite my tendency to agree with you, however, I feel compelled to defend participation in the "party sports." I still remember the smell of the freshly cut grass on a football evening and the excitement of going head to head with a bunch of strangers. I wasn't much of a team player, not even a little bit, but I loved the contact. The game provided a real outlet to passions and energies that I didn't understood and it was much safer than the alternative; street fights with hard looking men. Anyway the point of this rambling post is that if someone has a kid who can't walk past a ball without picking it up or kicking it, I don't think they should spend too much time trying to get that kid out of sports and into one of the other activities. For those ball-fascinated kids sports will be their main interest and any organized activity is undoubtedly much preferable to having a kid sitting around wondering what exciting things they can get into on a dull day. Ed