Sports

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I was raised to think of sports as a "good thing" where one learned teamwork, self-discipline, etc. It was a mild surprise to me to read Ra's statement that they were "ways of investigating the feelings of power; more especially, power over others or a group power over another group of other-selves."

However, once I thought about it I realized that I agreed with Ra. I still enjoy playing sports, but I don't really watch them any more.

We haven't encouraged our children to participate in sports; that's been one of the parenting choices we've made that's been hardest for our families to understand.