Sometimes it is hard to get an informed answer from someone who makes a living on training and
coaching kids in sports.
Students who commute to college, road warriors, RVers and the family chauffeur
with kids in every sport imaginable all have one thing in common.
Yes and how we still have children in schools because there are child rapist teachers and how we still have
kids in sports because there are child rapist coaches, that's all beyond me as well.
If your child refuses to play or join
other kids in sports or complains of pain after being active, talk with your doctor.
We only use them when we are out for the day (and with
older kids in sports we are ALWAYS out for the day it seems)
Director /
Coach Kids in Sports • New York, NY 09/2008 — Present Guidance Counselor Freeport Pride • Freeport, NY 09/2007 — 08/2008 Physical Education Teacher The Waterside School • Stamford, CT 09/2006 — 06/2007 Sales Associate LA Fitness • Stamford, CT 09/2005 — 06/2006
A bit thrown by suddenly being shifted into the role of interviewee, I awkwardly began, «Well, uh, I love to kayak, hike with my family, read, coach
my kids in sports...» «No,» Pedro said, «What do you do for fun?
This government has definitely cut taxes for high income one - earner families with children under 18 (15 % 0f families); for families with teenage children who apparently need «child care»; and for families who can afford to put
their kids in sports leagues and camps and music lessons.
Truly heavy thoughts raising
a kid in the sports culture.
«I think it's really important for
all kids in sports not to feel the pressure that they have to be somewhere or someone that they're not at a specific time,» Pickering said.
Are you a dad with
kids in sports?
There are pressures to have
our kids in sports at three and speaking languages at four and attending science classes at five and being in advanced reading at six and being on the honor roll at seven and doing leadership training at eight and on and on.
And you might coach
your kids in sports or other pursuits, but your coaching can apply to all of life as you gain insights about what your children need and then help them reach their full potential.
«Parents enroll
their kids in sports with the hope that their kids will learn something valuable, like how to work hard, manage time and respect authority — but the sports experience itself does not bring about these outcomes.»
«We know there's no guideline on how to parent
your kid in sport, everyone is just learning by doing it.»
Based upon my experiences as a daughter, a mother and sports psychologist, here are five tips for parents on ways to avoid getting caught playing the expectation game and to support
your kids in sports in positive and constructive ways:
It is party time, why don't you involve
the kids in sports?
I don't have the stats, but I think it's fair to say that dads spndes a huge amount of time with
kids in sports.
I wish the best for you and
your kids in their sports in the comming year!
Weekends just aren't free time once you have
kids in sports!