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E3. Taking Back the Game, with author Linda Flanagan

April 02, 2023 DrMomCast

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Why this book...can a parent care too much?

The hijacking of youth sports and loss of perspective

Sports tourism: heads in beds and who's left out

Sitting is the new smoking - kids & recess

Is all the money we spend worth it?

Our obsession with achievement & visible success

Athletic identity foreclosure

From our employees to our bosses

Solutions (and snack creep!)

Why access to sports matters

Sports for all - do we need a ministry of sports?

Changing the culture & the agency of parents

DrMomCast

E3. Taking Back the Game, with author Linda Flanagan

Apr 02, 2023

DrMomCast

Conversation with parent, coach and author Linda Flanagan and her recent book Take Back the Game - How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports - And Why It Matters.

Her perspective as parent and coach resonated with us - what's supposed to be fun can be all too stressful, too. She talks with us not only about the pressures and issues that brought us here, but what we as parents can do about it!

Follow us on Instagram @DrMomCast and send us your questions and any topics about which you'd like to learn more.

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Conversation with parent, coach and author Linda Flanagan and her recent book Take Back the Game - How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids' Sports - And Why It Matters.

Her perspective as parent and coach resonated with us - what's supposed to be fun can be all too stressful, too. She talks with us not only about the pressures and issues that brought us here, but what we as parents can do about it!

Follow us on Instagram @DrMomCast and send us your questions and any topics about which you'd like to learn more.