I was hired by the NFL in 1995 to address the worrisome decline in youth football participation. The remarkable progress we made during that tenure involved setting up a series of programs that not only attracted more kids to play football, but, more importantly, made the game safer to play.
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A Parent’s Role in Building Emotionally Resilient Teens and Youth: Luis Fernando Llosa
Where Parents Talk Podcast with Luis Fernando Llosa: A parent’s role in building emotionally resilient teens and youth
How Can I Foster My Child’s Athletic Potential?
Every kid has athletic potential. How do I nurture and develop the athlete in my child?
Does It Create a Sense of Entitlement When My Kid Wears His Jersey to School?
My son’s travel team coach wants the team to wear their jerseys to school. Is this appropriate?
Why Can’t My Child Be Team Captain?
My ten-year-old daughter does not understand why she hasn’t been named team captain in the past four seasons.
The Double Edge of Play
Play is critical to a well-balanced childhood, and in our technological age, when the time and space to play are shrinking dramatically both at school and at home, there is, thankfully, a growing awareness of its role in a child’s development.
Is It Harmful for My Child to See So Much Sports Violence on Television?
What can I do about the alarming things my kids see while watching sports on television? The brutal one-on-one fights in NHL games. The baseball brawls. All the taunting and bad sportsmanship on display.
Is There Value to Free Play?
My gut tells me that unstructured and semistructured play is an important part of my kid’s growing up. The years go by so quickly!
Are Youth Sports a Societal Panacea? | Huff Post
Many concerned parents have turned to youth sports as a panacea for inactivity, obesity, babysitting or scheduling woes or just to get kids away from screens and digital devices.