Winners or Losers?
– by Walt Mueller ©1997, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding I learned some amazing lessons about life when I was a starting forward on the worst basketball team in the history of the world. We were a sloppy group…
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Pressure Points
– by Chris Wagner ©2004, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Last month, the world’s greatest athletes gathered in Greece to display their God-given talents, gifts and abilities. As the world watched, each athlete and team felt immense pressure to perform their best, positively…
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Steroid Abuse – Getting Bigger
– by Doug West ©2003, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding In the increasingly competitive and lucrative world of pro sports, more and more players feeling the pressure to get the competitive edge are trying to increase performance through synthetic and, often…
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Turf Worship
– By Walt Mueller ©2008, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Last May, my 22-year-old son walked off an athletic field for the last time. I had tears in my eyes because it was over for him. I had a smile…
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Teens and Fantasy Sports
– by Chris Wagner ©2005, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding Sports fans are everywhere. Pro sports have become a staple of the American pop culture. Now that TV broadcasts games across the globe nearly 24 hours a day, fans…
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The Age of Sideline Rage
– by Walt Mueller©2001, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding I’ll call them Mr. and Mrs. Sideline Parent. I was standing near them while watching a youth soccer game. Mr. Sideline Parent was making it hard for me to focus on the game.…
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Keeping It All In Perspective
– by Walt Mueller ©2004, The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding *This article originally appeared in Living With Teenagers magazine Yesterday, I watched my 17 year old daughter play her heart out in the last game of her high school field hockey…
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