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For additional background, read this summary from SIRS Discover.
The Case for Removing Competition from Youth Sports
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Benefits of Sports for Adolescents
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Failing in School vs. Playing Sports How to deal with academic failure in young athletes.
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Sports Benefit Girls in Many Ways
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Youth sports needs a reset. Child athletes are pushed to professionalize too early.
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Are parents ruining youth sports? Fewer kids play amid pressure.
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All kids should play sports, not just those who can afford it
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Youth contact sports linked to brain disease in Mayo study
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'Concussion' doctor says kids shouldn't play these sports until they're 18
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The Reasons Not To Ban Contact Sports For Children: An Answer To 'Concussion'
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