elfie2023-01-19 15:51:37回复悄悄话
And we have Taekwando classes 4 to 5 times a week. Kumon is next door to the studio so we do Kumon on the same days as Taekwando.
elfie2023-01-19 15:35:30回复悄悄话
My two oldest have been at a Taekwando studio for 20 months, red belt, soon-to-be high red.
The promotion is every 2 1/2 month so it goes spretty quickly from white to black belt. But to get onto the high level black belt is difficult. Even the master here hasn't reached T5.
We're both busy working all year so there's little time to take the three kids out to play. During the summer the older kids have summer camps. My little one is too young for camp so he goes to Daycare except for a couple of weeks in a year.
You must have tons of free time and good patience. Generally I am not in the mood of playing with the kids unless they insist on it. It's way too much to attend to. As an adult I feel bored babysitting, watching them playing.
The promotion is every 2 1/2 month so it goes spretty quickly from white to black belt. But to get onto the high level black belt is difficult. Even the master here hasn't reached T5.
We're both busy working all year so there's little time to take the three kids out to play. During the summer the older kids have summer camps. My little one is too young for camp so he goes to Daycare except for a couple of weeks in a year.
You must have tons of free time and good patience. Generally I am not in the mood of playing with the kids unless they insist on it. It's way too much to attend to. As an adult I feel bored babysitting, watching them playing.
参加这种俱乐部训练，孩子养成对程序的习惯和尊重，竞赛刺激获胜心和毅力。竞赛旅行帮助提高孩子自理能力，等等。
运动不在于多，而在于专注。而且还可以培养团队精神。但最重要的，是在中学阶段避免吸毒。美国中学生吸毒几乎是100%，包括华人孩子，因为环境影响是家长无法避免的，学校的风气远远超过家庭的影响。
但如果孩子在美国运动协会下属的运动俱乐部，是严禁吸毒的，因为竞赛运动项目不允许，各方面都盯着，孩子中间也清楚对运动能力和规则的影响，一旦被发现是会被赶出去的，因此吸毒是很羞耻和失去朋友的概念，没人愿意这样。何况训练占用了大量时间，不会与“坏孩子”来往。