But like many parents of athletes, I also witness and fall victim to the anxiety, stress and pressure that comes with kids’ sports. Is my daughter playing on the right team? Should my son ...

Having your kids play a sport is a great way to keep them active, happy, and healthy. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, talks about the social and psychological ...

Concussion risks, driving kids to become winners and other issues around youth sports. For many kids, competitive sports are an important part of growing up, and with them comes risk and controversy.

Still, parents shouldn’t let the unknowns and undue fears keep kids from playing sports, he said. “The last thing we want to tell kids is not to be active,” said Rivara, a pediatrician and ...

(They also give awards for good sportsmanship and to division champions.) With so many kids dropping out of sports because it’s not fun, Sanders and i9 Sports think they should “do everything ...

Raise your hand if you have had that thought in relation to your kids’ sports experiences. It was a notion brought up by performance psychologist Michael Gervais on a recent Youth Inc. podcast.

A series of recent kids’ sports injuries, some fatal, have reignited a question for many families: Is my child safe playing sports? At least three student football players in the US have died ...

“Don’t worry,” said Dr. Smoll. “You push kids into sports too early and then when they have a say in it, they may not want to play. The ideal approach is to give kids exposure to a variety ...