Seven years after I interviewed sixty people about their sports parenting experiences, I interviewed thirty of them again. One woman would not let me conduct a follow-up interview about her story. Out of respect for her privacy, I will call her Sharon. In declining my invitation to chat […]
My daughter and I leave tomorrow morning for a hockey trip to Duluth. The girls will be building friendships, learning about themselves as athletes and as teammates, and playing some good hockey. The parents will be partying. I am willing to roll our kids from rink to rink, […]
There are too many indications that we are a society in crisis. It’s evident in media coverage and popular television shows. In-fighting among our leaders runs rampant. The obesity rate continues to climb for all of us. Young men are perfectly satisfied with mediocrity and feel no sense of drive […]