> "Troublemakers, mostly boys, are kids who will not silently sit still." The best remedy in this sort of situation, where a boy's got ants in his pants and ca

> "Troublemakers, mostly boys, are kids who will not silently sit still." The best remedy in this sort of situation, where a boy's got ants in his pants and can't sit still, is sports. Sports give kids a productive way to burn off their energy. I know some people here and in other STEM-associated communities think sports is a four letter word (ackshully it's six) because of the pop culture meme that athleticism and intelligence are mutually exclusive and you can either be a jock or a nerd but not both. But that's nothing more than a dumb pigeon-holing stereotype perpetuated by lazy hollywood and television writers (and sometimes internalized and aped by impressionable children.) Extramural sports help unruly kids in other ways too. By providing a structured environment for a greater portion of the day, the strain placed on parents is reduced and kids are kept from getting into trouble unsupervised at home.