The title of this post just sounds wrong. How can high achieving youth athletes and students be cursed? One word explains it all…PRESSURE! High achieving children have no where to go but down. They have a tremendous amount of pressure put on them to continue to meet or exceed expectations or face disappointed parents, coaches, […]
Tonight I had a moment of clarity about youth wrestling when my oldest son made an unexpected decision. I will circle back to this decision after I give you the backstory. Feel free to skip to the end for the conclusion if you are short on time… I’m a pretty big football fan. Although I […]
Yesterday I wrote about the rising levels of depression among children. My suggestion for parents to reduce this risk was to work to raise resilient kids. Obviously, this is easier said than done. This is truly a parental balancing act. Resiliency is a learned behavior. It is not a characteristic humans are born with. It’s […]