Sports and Parenting

TED Ed, Made in partnership with the Always #LikeAGirl campaign. The victory of the underdog. The last minute penalty shot that wins the tour... (2017)

Everyone who has a child in a competitive hobby knows the types: the boy who disputes every call the referee makes, the parent who hurls invective ... (2018)

If children are to be successful at a sport, the drive to specialize and succeed must be of their own choosing. (2018)

How often does a childhood sacrificed on the altar of sports really confer advantages in adult life? (2018)

For American children, team sports have become an untamed behemoth, gradually colonizing weeknights, weekends, religious holidays and now vacations. (2018)

The United States routinely spends more tax dollars per high-school athlete than per high-school math student—unlike most countries worldwide. And ... (2018)

The EY Women Athletes Business Network and espnW released a new report that analyzes how sport primes women for leadership while boosting career op... (2018)

The sport’s top tier is organized around the goal of producing a tiny group of elite players, at the expense of kids’—and parents’—well-being. (2018)

Your teenager has a science project due. He hates science. He hates projects (as do you). Do you: A. Set deadlines for him, get the necessary mater... (2018)

When you give a girl a pair of cleats, you re giving her more than a pair of shoes. (2017)

When your brain gets a reward (and your brain treats praise from others as a reward), what it learns is to do that action again. But, repetition b... (2019)

The relationship between people and the state has allowed an effective national programme to cut the rates of teenagers smoking and drinking to exc... (2020)

In the US, we are currently getting a master class in “how not to lose.” When I was young, my parents regularly said to me, “Don’t be a sore loser.... (2021)