Revolution in the Bleachers (ePub)
How Parents Can Take Back Family Life in a World Gone CrazyOver Youth Sports
(Sprache: Englisch)
A journalist and mother of two athletic kids exposes the physical and emotional dangers of our over-the-top youth sports culture—and offers practical solutions for positive change.
A decade ago, Joan Ryan's exposé, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes,...
A decade ago, Joan Ryan's exposé, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes,...
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A journalist and mother of two athletic kids exposes the physical and emotional dangers of our over-the-top youth sports culture—and offers practical solutions for positive change.
A decade ago, Joan Ryan's exposé, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, changed the way we look at elite sports, namely figure skating and gymnastics. Today, there is another crisis in youth sports. It may affect any child, from the kindergartner on the soccer field to the high school athlete competing for scarce scholarship money. Regan McMahon's Revolution in the Bleachers is a wake-up call for parents who spend their lives shuttling their kids from one field and practice to the next and wonder what happened to family life.
In Revolution in the Bleachers, McMahon traces the evolution of the over-the- top youth culture and gives you a practical plan of action to bring balance back to kids' lives and our families. McMahon's rallying cry for a revolution in the bleachers could not be more timely or useful for parents trying to do the best for their kids.
A decade ago, Joan Ryan's exposé, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, changed the way we look at elite sports, namely figure skating and gymnastics. Today, there is another crisis in youth sports. It may affect any child, from the kindergartner on the soccer field to the high school athlete competing for scarce scholarship money. Regan McMahon's Revolution in the Bleachers is a wake-up call for parents who spend their lives shuttling their kids from one field and practice to the next and wonder what happened to family life.
- Have late weeknight practices made family meals a thing of the past?
- Do you spend hours in the car each week, driving to games across town (or across the state)?
- Do you worry that your kids will miss out (on competitive experiences, college scholarships, and other advantages) if they do not specialize in one sport early on?
- Do you feel pressured to have your kids join elite club teams with steep fees and demanding travel schedules?
- Do your kids get repetitive stress injuries that necessitate trips to orthopedic surgeons or physical therapists?
- Do you miss your non-sports-related vacations as a family?
In Revolution in the Bleachers, McMahon traces the evolution of the over-the- top youth culture and gives you a practical plan of action to bring balance back to kids' lives and our families. McMahon's rallying cry for a revolution in the bleachers could not be more timely or useful for parents trying to do the best for their kids.
Autoren-Porträt von Regan McMahon
Regan McMahon is a writer, book critic and video producer in Oakland. She worked at the San Francisco Chronicle for many years, where she was a book critic, feature writer, and the deputy book editor for the paper. Now, she contributes arts coverage, feature stories, and book reviews to the Chronicle and other publications and websites. She blogs for the working mothers website Mommytracked.com and SFgate.com's parenting blog, The Poop, and is the author of Revolution in the Bleachers: How Parents Can Take Back Family Life in a World Gone Crazy Over Youth Sports (Gotham/Penguin).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Regan McMahon
- 2007, 304 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
- ISBN-10: 110116719X
- ISBN-13: 9781101167199
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.04.2007
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