Your Mom

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As a child, my mother put me in dance lessons, soccer, piano lessons and other sports. I hated it when I was young, but it wasn’t until I was older that I realized that my mother had done it for my own good. Most children are put into some sort of lesson or sport when they are youthful and for good cause, too. Some of the many reasons parents have their children engage in these things include their children getting good exercise, they have a chance to meet other children and develop social skills, they acquire a new hobby, and grow wiser through their lessons and games. Children take in so much when they are small and fragile; participating in these events helps them grow physically, mentally, socially, and at times, spiritually.
Sports are a great way to stay in shape. When children are taught sports when they are young, it teaches them many lessons including how to deal with other children their own age, listen to adults, follow instructions, and be a team player. Sports teach children how to win and to lose, gracefully, says Joyce Eisenbraun of the Family Fun Weekender Newsletter. It also shows them how to play in a competitive, healthy game. I’ve seen people whose parents put them in sports as a child that they still play today. Most of them are healthy, fun individuals with a lot of focus. They also have a lot of will power and finish what they set their minds to. There are a lot of children today in America that are physically unfit, thanks to their parents not taking the necessary actions they need to keep them healthy.
Music was always something I was interested in. For as long as I can remember, I loved to sing. My mom put me in kid’s choir at church from kindergarten through fifth grade. I loved it. I also took a few years of piano. I never liked piano much, though it taught me so much. In music you learn so many things like discipline, commitment and even math! Learning music involves ratios, fractions, proportions...