Keeping Sports Fun for Kids

Parents can appropriately help their children by encouraging them to focus on improving their own performance goals (rather than winning per se) and by emphasizing fun and skill development.


And most of all, try to keep the sport in perspective: remember, it is children’s experience of the sport that matters, no matter what their parents’ hopes and dreams are.

Also in this series:
Is Sportsmanship Dead? The Impact of Parents' Behavior on the Sidelines

Curbing Bad Behavior on the Sidelines

The Sport Parent Code of Conduct

Are You a Bad Sport: A Quiz for Parents



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