An athletic prowess isn't "superficial" it enhances ones ability to enjoy life.
Athletic prowess is not just one thing, though. I suuuuuuck at running - I don't know why, I just do. However, I'm good at dancing. Dancing is an athletic endeavor. There are a few people out there who seem to be good at every sport, but most of us just have one or two we actually enjoy. I'd like to run a marathon, too. If I want to do that, it will take hard work and I'll need to overcome my limitations - isn't that the whole point? Would you deprive your child the character-building experience of doing something that is important to him at which he doesn't immediately excel? I think it's important to have things in life that you struggle with but want to fight through. I think being around a person who has a natural ability for everything they want to do would be ridiculously dull.
I just think, as Meus says below, we don't know nearly enough about this stuff to be selecting for or against it. Maybe struggling with teenage acne has made you a better person in some ways, perhaps more compassionate or understanding - who knows? Besides, eradicate acne and kids will tease about something else. The acne is not the point.
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Date: 11/8/11 16:39 (UTC)Athletic prowess is not just one thing, though. I suuuuuuck at running - I don't know why, I just do. However, I'm good at dancing. Dancing is an athletic endeavor. There are a few people out there who seem to be good at every sport, but most of us just have one or two we actually enjoy. I'd like to run a marathon, too. If I want to do that, it will take hard work and I'll need to overcome my limitations - isn't that the whole point? Would you deprive your child the character-building experience of doing something that is important to him at which he doesn't immediately excel? I think it's important to have things in life that you struggle with but want to fight through. I think being around a person who has a natural ability for everything they want to do would be ridiculously dull.
I just think, as Meus says below, we don't know nearly enough about this stuff to be selecting for or against it. Maybe struggling with teenage acne has made you a better person in some ways, perhaps more compassionate or understanding - who knows? Besides, eradicate acne and kids will tease about something else. The acne is not the point.