This Week’s Playbook. I’ve been there before folks. Every other 8 year old in the neighborhood is playing soccer year round, and your child wants to try other sports. But you’re fearful that your child will fall behind in soccer. That’s when I got the wakeup call🔉🔉🔉: Your kid can play different sports throughout the year and still be an absolutely amazing athlete and extremely well rounded human being.
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REAL TALK PLAY OF THE WEEK
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PARENTS’ CORNER
15 Car-Ride Hacks That Prevent the Post-Game Meltdown
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The game's over. Your kid is sweaty, starving, and emotionally unpredictable.
You've got 30 seconds before the backseat turns into a courtroom.
One wrong sentence and Tuesday night becomes a therapy session.
These 15 car-ride essentials buy you the buffer zone every sports parent needs.
Or find other tips for sideline parents here:
TOOLS FOR YOUR ATHLETE
Tournament Weekends Are a Marathon. Here's How Your Kid Survives Them.
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Three games Saturday. Two games Sunday. A 90-minute drive before the first whistle.
Your kid slept weird in the hotel and the weekend hasn't even started.
The families who survive travel season aren't luckier. They're just more prepared for the hours between the games.
Here's the tournament weekend playbook that keeps your kid sharp by game three on Sunday.
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