Sports Idolatry
With March Madness now being over for about a week, it’s a good time to think about the place sports holds in our lives. Some recent data from the Pew Research Center offers five facts about Americans and sports. First,…
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Body Image and Quitting Sports
In the past you’ve heard me say that roughly seventy-percent of our kids who play organized sports drop out by the age of thirteen. One of the main reasons cited is the pressure they feel from parents and coaches, a…
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Q Collar and Concussions
If you’ve been watching any football on television this season, you may have noticed that a growing number of players are wearing a strange looking collar. It’s called the Q Collar, and it’s designers claim that it helps reduce the…
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Youth Sports and Sunday Mornings
One of our Research Fellows here at CPYU, Dr. Jason Engle, wrote one of our CPYU Parent Prompts on youth sports and church participation. Jason tells us that for families with young athletes, the pressure to participate in travel and…
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