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086: Playing to Win: How does playing sports impact children?

03.18.2019 - By Jen LumanlanPlay

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Individual sports or competitive? Recreational or organized? Everyone gets a trophy or just the winners?

And why do sports in the first place? Granted there are some physical benefits, but don’t we also hope that our children will learn some kind of lessons about persistence and team work that will stand them in good stead in the future?

In this interview with Dr. Hilary Levy Friedman we discuss her book https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Win-Raising-Children-Competitive/dp/0520276760 (Playing to Win: Raising Children in a Competitive Culture), the advantages that sports can confer on children (which might not be the ones you expect!), as well as what children themselves think about these issues.

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