Should Parents Play Organized Sports Benefit Children?

Parents will always debate whether they should or should not allow their children to play organized sports. Sports benefit children in many ways that a parent may not even realize. Some benefits of youth sports are, Children who are physically active typically remain at normal weights throughout their childhood and into adulthood, children that participate in sports are more likely to be successful in school, provides them with leadership skills, teaches them to respect authority (the coach), and can raise the child’s self-esteem by giving them a sense of belonging. Those are only a few of the benefits that parents may not know about that they are holding their child back from being apart. Sports allow children to have a good role model to

The coaches I had growing up were always willing to pick me up if my parents were indeed working, if the game required traveling to a different town or if I was unable to catch a ride with another player. This book gives any parents looking into allowing their children to play sports a good idea on how to prepare for a sports season/games, how to handle any injuries that may occur, how to work with the coach, how to be a good spectator and not someone who is overly obnoxious as a bystander. The author dives deep into the benefits of playing sports like the physical, social and, personal benefits. He also touches on how parents can be too involved at times with their child’s sport which can be an issue where they are the ones that are overly obnoxious. Parents yell at other players, the coaches, and of course their own child. With this, an issue may arise because the child may feel pressured to perform or like they let their parents down by doing something wrong. This can be a very stressful and disappointing issue to deal with while you are just trying to have fun playing a sport with