Youth Sports and Brain Injuries
Over the past few years, we’ve been tracking with the latest research on the effects of sports-related impacts to the head in an effort to help you make wise decisions regarding your child’s participation in youth sports. Our friends at…
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He Had a Phone in His Pocket!
Last month, Pittsburgh Pirates’ second basemen Rodolfo Castro slid into third base. What’s the big deal with that? After all, major league baseball players slide into bases during every game. This slide caught the attention of everyone for the simple…
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Negative Sideline Behavior
Earlier this summer, a television station in Des Moines, Iowa ran a report about how unruly parents were causing issues for umpires at youth baseball games. It seems that over the course of one weekend in June, umpires had to…
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The Danger of Specializing in Sports
As Christian parents, we are called to responsibly steward God’s good gift of our children. We are to tend to their spiritual nurture, their physical health, and their mental health. Our parenting is to bring glory to God as we…
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Why Kids Burn Out on Youth Sports
I recently read some interesting and even concerning data regarding kids and sports from Project Play at the Aspen Institute. According to a 2019 survey, the average child today spends less than three years playing a sport, then quits at…
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Are We Spending Too Much on Kids’ Sports?
According to the latest research, it’s not just time that we’re spending so that at our kids can play organized sports. We’re also spending money. . . lots of money! Researchers have found that the average annual family spending on…
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CTE and Youth Football
Last month was CTE awareness month. If you’ve been tracking with us here on Youth Culture Today for any amount of time, you know that CTE stands for Chronic Traumatic Encephelopathy a progressive brain condition caused by repeated blows to…
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