Answer: Sports is a good thing for some children because of self-esteem issues. Confidence can also be built for the children and this is important for the future. By participating in sports, children learn to set goals. However, healthy encouragement is a great thing for kids, but only if the children want to continue playing. If the parents are doing this for their own benefit because they played sports or they wanted to play at that age, the line has been crossed.
The region of tasks which an individual may perform with the help of others but is unable to perform independently is known as the zone of proximal development (ZPD). This zone was described by Lev Vygotsky and is found between the tasks that an individual can perform and the tasks that an individual can not perform.
