How Not to Kill Kids' Love of Sports
By Admin - Posted on September 24th, 2007
Tagged: Parents
How Not to Kill Kids Love of Sports. ( Link WSJ )
WORK & FAMILY By SUE SHELLENBARGER 
All Soccer, All the Time? How Not to Kill Kids' Love of Sports"> August 9, 2007
Katie Roper's daughter Ellen likes to play lots of sports -- soccer, basketball, softball and swimming. But even at Ellen's tender age of nine, that's getting hard to do. Click here for Video ( it takes a few seconds to load ) 
Kids in her swim program are dropping other sports to specialize in competitive swimming year-round, and Ellen is having a tough time keeping up. The year-round swimmers tend to beat others badly, says Ms. Roper, of Los Altos, Calif. "I'm sad that soon she'll be discouraged and probably want to quit a sport she loves. Read More.