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You are here: Home / Archives for competitive sports

Are Competitive Sports Pushing Our Kids Too Far?

December 26, 2016 by Leslie Kennedy 5 Comments

Maybe it was something I just wasn’t aware of as a kid or maybe it has grown in prominence but it seems like every second child I know is doing competitive dance. Kids who have a passion and an aptitude for dance are taking multiple hours of dance a week, honing their skill and gearing up for local, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Parenting Tagged With: competitive ballet, competitive dance, competitive sports, pushing kids too far in sports

Girls dance, sports, and periods!

April 15, 2013 by ChantelK Leave a Comment

Okay I  realize for some, the topic of girls and their periods is awkward but as a mom to a few girls and a competitive gymnastics coach this is a topic that has come up several times. When was younger (a lot younger!) and competing one of my biggest fears was getting my period while at training … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: competitive sports, pads, periods, Tampons, Teens

Children and Competitive Sports – how much is too much?

October 13, 2011 by ChantelK

Back in the days when I was training in gymnastics my training schedule went something like this: Monday: 4 - 9, Tuesday 4 - 9, Wed 4 - 9, Friday 4 - 9, Saturday & Sundays 9am - until whenever we were finished. We trained an average of 35 - 40 hrs a week. These days that is not the norm (well at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: coaching, competitive sports, education, gymnastics, NCCP

When It’s Time to Quit

October 20, 2010 by Jen

One of the things we worry about as parents is that our kids will give up on something too soon. That they won't give it a fair chance. Sometimes we worry that our child will be a quitter. But what happens when it might actually be time to quit?My son started playing competitive soccer kind of by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: change, Chevrolet, competitive sports, kids and sports, life lessons, making choices, mom blog

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