This post contains affiliate links. Screen time and athletes is a nagging issue that parents have to deal with today. Too much screen time for kids isn’t life-threatening, but the effects of digital media abuse can add up over the years and turn into bad habits that become harder and harder for parents to control….
Is Your Child Winning in His/Her Head?
I suppose you hear it all the time. Sports is a mental game more than a physical one. After watching 3 kids play sports from pre-school through college, I know for a fact that if an athlete cannot win in his or her head, it’s doubtful he or she will win in the game. Parents,…
How to Eat Healthy and Save Money When Traveling for Youth Sports
This post contains affiliate links which means I might get a commission if you click on any of the links on in this post and make a purchase after doing so. Have you figured out how to eat healthy when going to games and tournaments? Let’s be real. Life in busy sports families means that…
6 Things Great Sports Parents Know and Do for their Kids
This post is sponsored by Ertheo, an organization that helps parents find opportunities to help their children grow, focusing on great summer camp experiences. There are millions of sports parents in the world today, but how many of could actually be described as great sports parents? Many sports parents get the job done physically–they…
A Quick Guide to Vitamins and Supplements for Athletes
What’s the bottom line when it comes to vitamins and supplements for athletes? The subject of vitamins and supplements for athletes can fill books, but in this post I am going to give you a very simple tutorial on what’s best for your child. This post is sponsored by Smarty Pants Vitamins, the “good gummy”…
Parenting a Teen Athlete: 6 Facts You MUST Know
Parenting a teen athlete is a different world from parenting a little leaguer or a pee-wee player. Things rise: the costs, the stakes, the competition, the drama, and your sacrifices. Your kids are growing up and changing right before your eyes, but the problem is that as kids mature, many parents stay the same. They…
When You Think Your Child isn’t Trying Hard Enough
For some parents, sitting and watching their child play sports is a practice in self-control. Especially when your child isn’t trying hard enough, at least in your mind she’s not. Your frustrations either comes out in what you yell to your child or in your body language as you sigh loudly, shake your head or throw…
6 Things You Should See From the Sidelines as You Watch Your Child Play
As you sit on the sidelines, what are you watching most? The score? The time-clock, your phone, or your child? As hard as it is, I’d like to suggest that you tear your eyes away from the scoreboard and focus more on what you observe as you watch your child. There some important things that…
3 Life Skills that Playing Sports will Teach Your Child
This post is sponsored by Genius of Play, a one-stop source for play ideas that build real skills. Perhaps you’ve heard over and over about the life skills that playing sports will teach your child. I believe very strongly that it offers a golden opportunity for parents and coaches to help develop tomorrow’s leaders. After being a…
How to Treat Your Middle School Athlete Like He Should Be Treated
As with every stage of parenting–from sleepless nights to potty training, all the way to setting curfews and paying college bills–there are adjustments you make in how you care for, discipline and relate to your child. And so it is in youth sports. You will not, and should not, treat t-ballers the same as 6-8th grade…