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Youth Sports
| 177147 | During your child's game, do you curse the referee? Does your child yell at teammates? It's time to put the fun back in youth sports. | | 11/30/2017 4:01:48 PM | Top Five Strategies for Winning On and Off the Field During your child's game, do you curse the referee Does your child yell at teammates It's time to put the fun back in youth | 12723 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/guides/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
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Effective Tips for Talking to Coaches
| 178086 | If your child plays organized sports, there's a good chance you will need to discuss an issue or problem with a coach. Regardless of the issue, yo... | | 11/28/2017 7:14:50 PM | If your child plays organized sports, there's a good chance you will need to discuss an issue or problem with a coach Regardless of the issue, your goal should be to work with the | 4967 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/article/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
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Three Life Skills Sports Teach Kids
| 178313 | A mom wrote in to us recently for advice about her teenage son who'd developed a habit of quitting everything he began. This time, it was his hig... | | 10/9/2017 1:48:12 PM | A mom wrote in to us recently for advice about her teenage son who'd developed a habit of quitting everything he began This time, it was his high school football team | 5088 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/article/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
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Son Wants to Quit Soccer
| 176967 | Question: My older son has played soccer for three different seasons, and he has given up because he seems to be afraid of the game as wel... | | 11/28/2017 7:15:23 PM | My older son has played soccer for three different seasons, and he has given up because he seems to be afraid of the game as well as his father’s criticism He feels that he is not | 514 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/questions-and-answers/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
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How Do I Prepare My Child for Youth Sports?
| 178141 | Preparing a child to play sports takes a lot of work. The first thing you should do is set some expectations for your children so they know what wi... | | 9/25/2017 7:12:19 PM | Preparing a child to play sports takes a lot of work The first thing you should do is set some expectations for your children so they know what will happen when they first enter | 626 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/article/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
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Tips for Teaching a Balance Between Sportsmanship and Winning
| 177096 | As parents with children playing sports, it’s easy for us to get swept up in the excitement of the action. We love our kids. We want them to be hap... | | 6/16/2017 1:02:29 AM | As parents with children playing sports, it’s easy for us to get swept up in the excitement of the action We want them to be happy Winning makes them happier than losing | 762 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/quick-tips/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
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How Do I Know if My Child is Overcommitted to Sports?
| 178140 | As children get older, the pressure for them to participate in and excel at multiple sports activities seems to increase every year. Club teams. Se... | | 8/25/2018 12:43:57 AM | As children get older, the pressure for them to participate in and excel at multiple sports activities seems to increase every year This means more and more waking hours are | 977 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/article/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
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Compete with Character, and Every Game Will be a Victory
| 178052 | The best athletic atmosphere for young people is one that focuses on their needs and wants and not those of their coaches and parents. | | 8/7/2018 2:36:07 PM | This information is included in our Guide to Youth Sports Click here to see the rest of the guide "Character is formed by doing the thing we are supposed to do, when it should be | 2178 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/article/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
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Not Everyone Can Be a Sports Superstar
| 178202 | If you attend a kids' sporting event, whether it's school-sponsored or otherwise, you're likely to notice that some parents and coaches are far m... | | 10/3/2017 3:33:15 PM | If you attend a kids' sporting event, whether it's school-sponsored or otherwise, you're likely to notice that some parents and coaches are far more competitive than the kids | 1622 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/article/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
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How Do I Teach My Child Winning Isn't Everything?
| 178142 | Winning feels great. After all, it's the primary goal of just about every competitive activity, from athletics to spelling bees to trying to earn a... | | 9/22/2017 8:47:53 PM | After all, it's the primary goal of just about every competitive activity, from athletics to spelling bees to trying to earn a scholarship And there's no better feeling than | 1842 | https://www.boystown.org/parenting/article/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | html | False | aspx | |
