This is Part 2 of a three-part summer series visiting with three former major league All-Stars turned sports dads. They offer sports and life advice about how to make our kids better players, but also ...

Youth sports can be fun, build character and improve fitness. But they can also cause injuries, social anxiety and mental health problems. Author Linda Flanagan discusses what parents can do to ...

Most American kids quit playing sports by age 11. That means a lot of kids are missing out on some of the huge benefits of sports, including spacial awareness, physical activity and team skills.

Most kids play a sport when they're growing up, and that's a great thing. Today, on The Scope, I'll talk about the benefits of having your child play a sport. Benefits of Sports for Children. Like ...

The Wood County 4-H summer camp kick-started the younger camp with engaging activities and group collaboration on Monday.

We live in an era where we throw our kids onto travel teams at age 8 or earlier. (I was guilty of that one.) We decide they must specialize at a sport, sometimes at the urging of coaches.

When he threw their kids into sports — basketball, soccer, tennis, gymnastics, lacrosse, one tried football — Thomas realized much of the carefree nature of his childhood games was gone.

The record low number of kids’ sports injuries in 2020 coincided with Covid-19 lockdown policies. The injuries rose again by 20% in 2021, 12% in 2022 and 2% in 2023, according to the National ...

The kids didn't seem to miss it, and I sure didn't miss rushing them home from school to get dressed just to race to the studio and then stay up all night doing homework.We did that routine three ...

As parents, our instinct is to protect and insulate kids in times of uncertainty. But sometimes this is impossible due to playground bullies, stress at home caused by sudden layoffs, cutthroat ...

Allyson Felix is already introucing her kids to sports, and wants to "show them everything," she tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview. The Olympic athlete is mom to daughter Camryn and son Trey ...