Two weeks ago I wrote about the rising levels of depression among children. Research shows that one of the best things a parent can do to reduce this risk of depression is to raise resilient kids. I believe getting both girls and boys to participate in youth wrestling is the perfect way to achieve this. […]
A few days ago I wrote a warning about the curse of high achieving young athletes. My premise is that the more success a child has in youth sports, the more pressure a child feels to sustain that success. However, many parents and coaches fail to provide high achieving youth athletes the skills to cope […]
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, […]