'Sports meant so much to me, but they’ve changed completely since I was a kid.'
We Do Our Kids A Major Disservice When We Make Them Specialize In Sports Too SoonAriela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images, Shutterstock
When I became a parent, I couldn’t wait for my kids to play sports, because I knew how deeply those experiences had shaped me. But I was wholly unprepared for what I would encounter in today’s youth sports. In just a generation, things had changed so dramatically — the intensity, time commitment, high cost, required specialization — that it wasn’t clear to me if my kids would benefit the same way I had.
But this phenomenon is not a runaway train — adults can and should take responsibility, step on the brakes, and protect kids from the high emotional and physical costs of intense specialization.
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