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Brooke de Lench (MomsTEAM founder): Proud of Role Moms Have Played In Making Youth Sports Safer
Elaine Raakman (Justplay Founder): Abusive Youth Sports Coaches Should Not Be Cultural Norm
Marla Miller (Writer and Author): Would Parents Scream Less on Sidelines If Shoe Were On Other Foot?
Emily Cohen (Sports Parenting Blogger): Most Important Lesson Kids Learn in Sports Is Hard Work Pays Off
Hilary Levey Friedman (Sociologist): Picking Teams Based On Player Size Not Age Could Reduce Injuries, Level Playing Field
Heather McKenzie (Informatics Nurse): Days As Athlete Over, It's Time To Pay It Forward
Margaret Stafford Taught NFL QB Matthew To Feel Confident, Not Entitled
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Fundraiser Of The Week

myESPN Highlights. Organizations want to add value to the athlete's experience without adding expenses. Leagues can earn fundraising revenue from the myESPN Highlights program to supplement income from registration fees and sponsors. Read more.

Raising Sports Active Kids

Raising sports active kids is difficult, perhaps never more so than today. Parents feel pressure to help their kids succeed and to keep up with other parents in an increasingly winner-take-all society. Too often, parents feel that if they don't do everything for their child, they are bad parents.

Research shows that parents intuitively know how to balance their child's development. Yet more and more parents seem to be ignoring their own intuition by over-scheduling and over-stressing their child. And, most of the time we don

Featured Articles

An Mom's Passion For Ultimate Frisbee: Just An Excuse To Spend More Time With Her Son?

The love of her 16-year-old son's for the sport of Ultimate Frisbee leads a mother to discover a passion for the sport but also to wonder whether she is just making excuses to spend more time with him.

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Creative Ways for Parents to Exercise While Kids Are Playing Sports

If you're like many parents with kids in sports, how do you schedule time for yourself, especially when it comes to exercise? Here are a few tips on how to get active while your kids are on the soccer field or in dance class

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Advice for Sports Moms from a Sports Mom

Women, particularly the mothers who volunteer, are often the backbone of what makes a youth sports team work smoothly.
Unfortunately, as with dads, when it comes to their own child's sports team, a mom's greatest strengths can become weaknesses that can cause problems for her child and his/her coach.

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A Great Year to Study Leadership

We must present examples of positive leaders with integrity and the values we want to instill in our children, says a longtime baseball coach, and the athletic field provides players with the opportunity to learn and test those values.

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