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WANTED: Behaved Parents on the Sidelines!
How often are the joyful sounds of laughing children running around a soccer field, gravitating to the ball like bees ...
Source: Women's Sports Foundation
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Bad Sportsmanship Among Parents at Children's Sporting Events
Taming uncivil behavior, especially by parents in the stands, is becoming an unavoidable initiative in school ...
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Parents' Guide: Putting YOUTH Back Into Sports
Sports are the most prevalent organized after-school activity for 22 million youth ages 5 to 17 in the United States. ...
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Some Sports Parents Are 'Out of Bounds'
Enthusiastic parents who line the bleachers or sidelines at youth sporting events are critical to their children's ...
Source: Health Finder (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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Sport Psychology: Quick Facts
Sport psychology is (a) the study of the psychological and mental factors that influence and are influenced by ...
Source: Women's Sports Foundation
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Some Thoughts About Youth Sports
Recently a trial was held that involved a father who killed another father at a hockey rink in Reading, Massachusetts ...
Source: Dr. Robert Brooks
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Preparing for College: Exercising Your Options: Tips for Student-Athletes
You are an athlete. You look forward to working out, to pushing yourself, to competing against yourself and others. ...
Source: National Association for College Admission Counseling
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Rights and Responsibilities of Interscholastic Athletes
Introduction Interscholastic sports participation is a developmental, socialization opportunity that helps ...
Source: National Association for Sport and Physical Education
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Steroids: To Test or To Educate?
Several school districts find a will and a way to examine their athletes for illegal substance use/ In February of last ...
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Scoring an Athletic Scholarship
Your teen has been balancing academics, athletics, and high school social life for years now. But all her hard work is ...
Source: Education.com
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Helping Your Child be a Good Loser
We've all seen the news clips of out-of-control parents who physically or verbally abuse their child's coach after a ...
Source: Education.com
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Tips for Parenting a Competitive Child
These four tips can help you head off hyper-competitiveness and teach your kids to strive for success in a healthy, ...
Source: Education.com
Additional Content
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Letting Kids Be Kids
We all know them, don't we? "Those" parents - the ones no one wants to sit with in the bleachers because they're so...
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Sexual Harassment in Athletic Settings
In light of the heightened awareness of sexual harassment in society today, it becomes imperative for those in athletic...
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Hazing: Rituals of Bonding or Humiliation?
Both the magazine Sports Illustrated and the newspaper USA Today published major stories about hazing incidents in our...
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When Your Kid Wants to Quit the Team
Sports can be a great way for kids to test their limits, improve their patience, and learn the meaning of teamwork. But...
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When Your Child Doesn't Make the Team
The beginning of the new school year means that team tryouts are just around the corner, and while some will make the...
Source: Education.com
