Physical and social health outcomes for children adolescents with cp. methods eleven parents of children with cp (n = 7) (gmfcs i-ii) aged 7-15 years participated in seven semi-structured interviews. thematical analysis was performed to understand the data material. results and conclusions the main challenge described by parents was formulated as ‘falling between two stools’ referring to the experience of their child being ‘too good’ for adapted leisure activities, but at the same time wanting to participate in regular leisure activities, but performing a little too poorly, to feel included. it was found that a reigning performance culture in regular leisure transports, whereas those with a low activity profile (600>pa>3000 mets per week) are mainly involved in school pa. finally, adolescents with an inactive profile (pa > 600 mets per week) only practice during compulsory physical education lessons and no social time records intense pa. as the only social time conducive to pa captured by all adolescents, the physical education lesson does not seem to be able, in its current form, to reduce inequalities in access to daily pa opportunities. there is scope for research into the organization of a school ecology (waters, 2013; turcotte,