6 Ways Parents Can Help Make Youth Sports Safer

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Wed, 04/29/2015 - 18:40. | comments

Although April - which was both National Youth Sports Safety Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month - is now over, it doesn't mean that the work of parents in helping keep kids safer playing sports is over.

Indiana Teen Unfairly Kicked Off Basketball Team Because Of Length Of His Hair

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 17:10. | comments

Last October, 14-year-old Austin Hayden earned a place on his Greensburg, Indiana middle school boys' basketball team. A week later, he was told he could no longer be a member of the team after refusing to cut his hair (which was long, but not long enough to pull into a pony-tail) to comply with the coach's policy, which required that his hair be above his collar and ears.

Athletes Asked To Stand Up Against School Bullying

Bullying, both in its regular and cyber forms, is a big problem, but combating it may start with something small: an embroidered patch with the letters A.A.B (Athletes Against Bullying).

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