Yes there is something of an arms-race social pressure to enroll kids in increasingly competitive sports leagues at the expense of everything else.

I'm not going to do that, unless they explicitly ask. Would rather multi-sport and have them try other things including music.

No, I'm not talking about recess. Recess is part of school.

> As far as I was told, this was good for me because to use your words, it gave me a social life.

No. I can see you don't want to discuss in good faith, so I'll leave you to wallowing in self-pity. I was bullied at school too.

Don't project things I never conveyed in any way shape or form.

That's a lie. But one of the pressures is that suburban parents overschedule their kids with extracurriculars instead of letting them waste more time on their bikes, in the parks, etc.

When our parents were kids, everyone drove but all the kids played outside.

Wasn't that only in the schoolyard? Against the wall.