A growing body of research shows how pressure from overbearing coaches and parents is stunting children’s emotional ...

Experts and lawmakers push to national forefront many of the issues that consume sports parents, offer potential changes to ...

A series of recent kids’ sports injuries, some fatal, have reignited a question for many families: Is my child safe playing sports? At least three student football players in the US have died since ...

CC of @theflockingbennetts struck a chord with parents on TikTok when she asked, “Is it normal for my 7-year-old’s rec sports league to demand so much time?” Her video, detailing a schedule of ...

Long before the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020, the U.S. was already in the throes of another very-bad-for-health epidemic—an epidemic of physical inactivity among kids. During the 2010s, ...

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...

There is plenty of discussion about the risks of kids participating in league sports, but if parents handle things thoughtfully, these leagues can be a great way to keep kids physically active. League ...

SMITHVILLE, Mo. – Echoes from a tragic Kansas City explosion can still be heard. The family of a man who died from injuries suffered in 2013’s J.J.’s Restaurant fire is now using his name to bless ...

Going into his last tennis match of the school year, high school senior Lorris Nzouakeu knew he might get knocked out in straight sets. He was scheduled for one of the first matches of the day during ...

This story is part of Let Them Play, a collection of articles about trans kids and youth sports. See the full package here. You will never hear about the majority of trans kids who play sports in this ...

Our sole house phone rang. It was my friend Greg, “Turn on ESPN. Now. You still have those old Sports Illustrated for Kids mags, right?” I flipped through channels and caught the tail end of a segment ...