Argumentative Essay: Should Kids Play Sports

If your kid asks to play a sport let them, don’t force them to, if you want your daughter/son to have a good education there’s your answer. It’s important that kids play sports because if they play sports they will have a good education and if they work hard they could be something big. I believe that kids should do more of sports because they can have a healthy life and have a good education. To begin, if kids stick with sports and believe in themselves they could get far with sports. For instance, in an article I read it stated that 81% of kids get a good education of sports, Next, I believe that most kids don’t play sports because parents are so concerned about their kids safety hazards. To add, they don’t want their kids getting injured (concussions, sprained ankle, tore an ACL, etc.). Also, on a website, (debate.org) it stated that 60% of parents say kids should play sports and 40% of the parents say kids shouldn’t play sports. Without a doubt, sports do more than just being healthy and have a good education. It shows kids how to have respect for others, how to work with others, and helps them have discipline. For instance, say there is a kid on the team that your kid disliked. Well just because he does doesn’t mean that he has to hate him when they’re both on the field playing as a team and working hard. Also, it builds confidence on …show more content…
Also, it helps kid find who they are and see how far they could go, and how good they really are but to do that they need to believe in themselves. It matters to me because if you look around there are kids sitting down doing nothing, being unhealthy, not fit and not knowing what to do then just playing video games all the time. They should be going outside playing football, soccer, basketball, baseball or even a walk or go on a run. ¨ I am not the best, but I am capable of achieving the impossible,¨ ~ Anderson