More than just a game How the youth sports industry is changing the way we parent and what to do about it
Book - 2025
Introduction : Sports, Success, and Parenting -- Chapter One : Who's on First? How Kids' Sports Became Big Business and How It Affects Parents -- Chapter Two : Why They Do It -- Chapter Three : To Specialize or Not to Specialize : That Is the Question -- Chapter Four : Scholarship Dreams : College Sports Myths and Meanings -- Chapter Five : The Mobile Neighborhood : The Culture of Travel Team Parents -- Chapter Six : Not Always on Their Best Behavior : Parents On and Off the Sidelines -- Chapter Seven : Exceptional ... or Not : The Politics of Youth Sports -- Chapter Eight : Different Backgrounds, Different Opportunities -- Chapter Nine : Navigating Change : How Parents Adjust When Their Children Stop Playing Sports -- Chapter Ten... : Advice from Experienced Adults/Words of Wisdom -- Chapter Eleven : Conclusion
- Subjects
- Published
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Las Vegas, NV :
Central Recovery Press
[2025]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xiv, 198 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781949481907
- Preface
- Introduction: Sports, Success, and Parenting
- Chapter 1. Who's on First? How Kids'Sports Became Big Business and How It Affects Parents
- Chapter 2. Why They Do It
- Chapter 3. To Specialize or Not to Specialize: That Is the Question
- Chapter 4. Scholarship Dreams: College Sports Myths and Meanings
- Chapter 5. The Mobile Neighborhood: The Culture of Travel Team Parents
- Chapter 6. Not Always on Their Best Behavior: Parents On and Off the Sidelines
- Chapter 7. Exceptional ... or Not: The Politics of Youth Sports
- Chapter 8. Different Backgrounds, Different Opportunities
- Chapter 9. Navigating Change: How Parents Adjust When Their Children Stop Playing Sports
- Chapter 10. Advice from Experienced Adults/Words of Wisdom
- Chapter 11. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes