Keep your eyes ever focused on this fact: the most important thing is not success; it is character. Don’t gloss over that last sentence because it’s cliche and boring. Go back and read it again. Do you really believe that? If that really and truly is how you feel, are you living that way? Are we choosing activities based on ease for us? Or are we asking things like the following: • What hobby or sport is going to grow the character traits that my child is needing most?