| When I became a parent, I couldn’t wait for my kids to play sports, because I knew how deeply those experiences had shaped me,” writes Vanessa Kroll Bennett, who was a multi-sport athlete growing up and played college soccer. “But I was wholly unprepared for what I would encounter in today’s youth sports. In just a generation, things had changed so dramatically — the intensity, time commitment, high cost, required specialization — that it wasn’t clear to me if my kids would benefit the same way I had.” Give it a read and see if you feel the same about the youth sports merry-go-round. |
