Confessions & Chocolate » Sports http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 ©Sponge Networks rbradshaw@gmail.com (Sponge Networks) rbradshaw@gmail.com(Sponge Networks) 1440 Sponge Networks Sponge Networks rbradshaw@gmail.com No no http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com/images/itunessmall.png Confessions & Chocolate http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com 144 144 Episode #29: Play Ball!! Part 2: The advantages of Free Play and UNDERscheduling our children. http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com/episode-29-our-children-and-sports-upsides-of-participating-in-team-sports-part-2 http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com/episode-29-our-children-and-sports-upsides-of-participating-in-team-sports-part-2#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:14:51 +0000 rbradshaw http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com/?p=132 Hosts Deb White, Heather Johnson, and Carolyn Pennington discuss youth sports in America with Dr. Mary Sara Wells, an expert on the topic. The upsides of participating in team sports. Getting your kids to enjoy physical activity at a young age can develop healthy habits that will continue with them into adulthood. There are many activities that your kid can do besides the traditional sports like basketball and football. For example, skiing, snowboarding, rowing, mountain climbing, biking, lacrosse etc. Other benefits for putting your children is sports is that your children learn how to interact with others and to work together as a team. They also learn how to fail in a controlled environment.

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]]> http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com/episode-29-our-children-and-sports-upsides-of-participating-in-team-sports-part-2/feed 0 Episode #28: Play Ball!! Part 1: Have we forgotten the “PLAY” part of that? http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com/our-children-and-sports-are-we-over-scheduling-their-life http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com/our-children-and-sports-are-we-over-scheduling-their-life#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:25:02 +0000 rbradshaw http://www.confessionsandchocolate.com/?p=126 Hosts Deb White, Heather Johnson, and Carolyn Pennington discuss youth sports in America with Dr. Mary Sara Wells, an expert on the topic. It is difficult as mothers to find a balance between keeping our children active and pushing them to hard. Many children’s are so structured with every moment that their is no room for free time and creativity.

Challenge: Take a look at your child’s schedule and see if you are over scheduling their life.

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