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The words became a family metaphor for figuring out your role in life situations, whether it be school, sports or other social events. Sometimes we push kids into sports, or other activities, with ...
A parent whose daughter plays high school basketball recently reached out to me. This person had revisited my October 2023 article on the troubling conduct of parents at youth and high school games.
After three kids' and 20 years' worth of youth sports, columnist Mary McNamara reflects on the real reason parents yell at the refs and other lessons she's learned along the way.
Fifteen percent of all girls and 16% of all boys who participate in sports are African-American. 17% of female athletes and 15% of male athletes are Hispanic, while Asian girls and boys comprise 8% and 12%, respectively, of children who play sports. And yet, proportionally fewer girls of color are involved with sports than white girls.
From the director of the film Bigger, Stronger, Faster* comes an intense look at the overbearing parents in sports. The film asks the question "Do we want what's best for our children? Or do we just want them to be the best?" Parts of this film were used in the premier of Peter Berg's HBO series State of Play. [2] [3]
The show features ten parent/child pairings, with each pair working together as a team to further the child's career. The parents and children live together in one house. Week to week, the teams work on various performance-related challenges. The show consists of eight episodes, with one team sent home at the end of each episode.
Francoeur's father, David, was an educator in Cobb County (Ga.) school system and viewed his youngest son not as a big-league prospect but “a goofy 13-year-old kid playing sports.”
High school sports participation hasn't reached parity among girls and boys. After the passage of Title IX in 1972, girls sports participation skyrocketed. But that growth started to plateau ...