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For additional background, read this summary from SIRS Discover.
Evaluate Online Sources with the WHY Method.
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.
Smoll, Frank L. "Failing in School Vs. Playing Sports: How to Deal with Academic Failure in Young Athletes." Psychology Today, 3 Nov. 2014, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/coaching-and-parenting-young-athletes/201411/failing-in-school-vs-playing-sports. Accessed 16 Mar. 2023.
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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'
Glatter, Robert. "The Reasons Not to Ban Contact Sports for Children: An Answer to 'Concussion.'" Forbes, 23 Dec. 2015, www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2015/12/23/the-reasons-not-to-ban-contact-sports-in-children-an-answer-to-the-concussion-movie/?sh=7a6865365511. Accessed 16 Mar. 2023.
