Will Your Kids Go Pro?
According to the Aspen Institute, the youth sports industry here in the United States is a forty billion dollar a year business. About sixty million kids are playing youth sports, with the average family spending just over a thousand dollars…
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Kids, Sports, and Concussions
With school back in session and the fall school sports season in full swing, I want to take a minute to get you thinking about a health issue related to kids and sports. As parents, we need to be diligent…
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Youth Sports – Sacrificing Sabbath
Eric Liddell, the subject of the movie “Chariots of Fire” came to mind recently as I read a news story about a decision made by a 16-year-old teenager from Satellite Beach, Florida. Liddell, a devout Christian, chose not to run…
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Youth Sports – Empty Pockets, Full Schedules
Let me make a very direct statement here regarding some of the ridiculous decisions parents are making regarding their kids and youth sports: Parents, we are losing our minds! I’m speaking specifically about the high cost of travel tournaments that…
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How Parents Wreck Youth Sports
The title of a research study from the University of Hawaii recently caught my eye. The study title is this: “Frequency of Negative Adult Spectator Behavior at Adolescent Sporting Events.” Any of us who have attended a youth sporting event…
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