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Originally Posted by Renee29
That's good advice. Neither my husband or myself were raised in church. I went to school with UPC girls all my life so I know what the "norm" is regarding sports, gym etc. My husbands views are much more open than mine. He finds it ludicrious to not let girls play sports because of the clothing. He thinks I'm too fundamentalist and I'm going to "warp" her.
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Renee, you may not warp you child or you may--that goes for either direction you take it (the lib side or the con side). It should come dow to what is balanced living for this child. Is playing sports part of the balance or part of the unbalance? If it is only cause of clothing the leagues will mostlikely make an exception for a religious belief--if it is that important. I think the key is modesty and depending on the age of the child different things are modest than at other times. My 2 year old will wear a 2 piece bathing suit swimming now around both sexes but probably won't when she is old cause it would probably not be appropriate unless it is family or something. Ask what is balanced. Also ask if you are being too conservative and throwing weights on one side of the scale causing the weight to not balance.
quick story**
I was in Jr High and I went to the University of Tennessee basketball camp. The coach was Kevin O'Neil at the time. It was all male and so we played shirts and skins. I did not want to take off my shirt for a couple reasons. First I was not as fit as the others and felt I would get made fun of. Second because of what the church taught. I told the staff it was cause of my churches teachings. Kevin O'Neil and another coach said "What kind of F***ing religion is that?" I told them Pentecostal Christian. They made me sit out every game that we were deemed the skins team. So I didn't get to participate in most things. That was very tough to handle both not playing and getting asked that question. After that my parents started teaching me about the scriptures at home and instilling things in me that allowed me to become more spiritually mature.