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Just (Don't) Do It

JJ Keith | Posted 07.15.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Acceptance, Sports, Fearless Parenting, Becoming Fearless, Children and Sports, Parenting, Pride, Becoming-Fearless, Children Sports, Healthy Living News
JJ Keith

Not many of my friends know I ever used to be an athlete. I forget myself, until a pedicurist notices my hammertoes or I have a dream about striding down the homestretch after a race, feeling that last surge of power.

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The Danger for Children in School Sports

Chloe Spencer | Posted 05.04.2012 | Parents
Read More: High School Sports, Sports Injuries, Children Sports Pressure, Kids Sports Injuries, Kids Sports Pressure, Safety Children Sports, Sports Injuries Children, Children Sports, Parents News
Chloe Spencer

This is where you come in. Look into your child's sports. Check up on their health, on their coach, on how often they have practice. You have to be persistent! But you may just end up saving your child's ankle, leg, arm, or even his or her life.

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Are Team Sports Hurting Our Children?

Darell Hammond | Posted 12.04.2011 | Parents
Read More: Creativity, Sports, Imagination, Outdoors, Play, Children's Health, Children, Youth Sports, Team Sports, Child Sports, Kids Sports, Kids Team Sports, Children Sports, Parents-Toddlers, Parents-Teens-Tweens, Parents News
Darell Hammond

Seventy percent of kids give up sports entirely by age 13. When asked by Michigan State University researchers why they quit sports, kids almost universally said, "It's not fun anymore."

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Embracing An Ordinary Childhood For Your Kids

Christine Carter, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Children, Mothers, Parents, Kids Sports, Children Sports, Overscheduled Kids, Kids Happiness, Overscheduled Children, Children Overachievers, Children Happiness, Overachievers, Kids Overachievers, Overachieving Kids, Ordinary Kids, Ordinary Childhood, Ordinary Children, Healthy Living News
Christine Carter, PhD

None of this will help them get into college -- or, sheesh, high school! But all these things will be an advantage in life -- now and later -- because they are likely to lead to happiness.

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We Won, Dad, But I'm Lost: Lessons from Tiger, Lance, and Andre

Robert Lipsyte | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Little League, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Lance Armstrong, Andre Agassi Book, Andre Agassi, Children Sports, Tiger Woods, Sports News
Robert Lipsyte

Tiger comes to mind every Father's Day when I start to think about the complex impact dads and their dreams, even obsessions, about sports success have on their sons (and ever more often now, on their daughters).

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