16 year old fitting in job and sports

Hi Nicholeen, I allowed my 16 year old daughter to start looking for a local job, but I'm wondering if that was wise. I haven't been able to motivate her in excericising. I've noticed how unhealthy her sedentary lifestyle is for years. I said she needed to join something that includes physical activity on some team. She did ballet when she was young so she apathetically agreed to that as she says she hates all sports. I think she would love a sport if she would just try one. We were in the backyard for P.E. time the other day because we homeschool; we were playing around with football and she had so much joy and energy trying to get the ball and score, etc. She has a very competitive spirit. Her negativity gets in her way though because she refuses to join anything. She has come a long way with her negativity and being way more open since starting tsg about 2 years ago. Now I think  she won't be able to sign up for ballet if she adds on a job. She's really motivated to make money and wants it more than the skills I want her to learn from sports. The other problem is we, her parents, are struggling financially just to keep her in her guitar class and her 10 year old brother in his drum class. We really want all the children to be in a music class and some sort of sport, ballet or soccer etc. We have 4 children altogether and haven't been able to meet this goal yet. Thank you so much for your help.

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