The rising costs of participating in organized youth sports is making these activities unaffordable for many families, essentially barring kids and teens from important opportunities to improve their ...
With trampoline parks all the rage, you might be considering adding one to your kids’ toy rotation. They're a great source of ...
While recent studies have highlighted the mental health benefits associated with kids playing sports or being enrolled in extracurricular activities, a new study conducted by researchers from Ohio ...
Many American kids are participating in multiple team sports today. Yet they're not only navigating packed daily schedules, they're dealing with high stress levels. While participation in team sports ...
Youth sports have transformed from fun recreational activities into year-round, high-pressure training programs that push children beyond their physical and emotional limits. What should be building ...
Ever since my 2022 interview with Linda Flanagan, the author of “Take Back the Game,” about how money is ruining youth sports, lots of parents have come to me with their complaints on the topic. I ...
Every time there is a head trauma, cardiac arrest, or other major injury among professional sports, parents take a deep breath. “That athlete is someone’s child. Could that be my child?” Cardiac ...
These days, middle-class families run ragged by their kids’ competitive-sports schedules are achingly common across America: Weekends are devoured by tournaments and practice, family dinners replaced ...