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Children have fun playing sports and don't need to satisfy adults' ambitions

  • Written by Simon Walters, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology
Children have fun playing sports and don't need to satisfy adults' ambitionsChildren play sports for fun and to be with their friends - not for winning.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Playing sports has clear social, physical and mental health benefits for children. But evidence shows that youth sports in Western societies have become increasingly controlled and regulated by adults, which takes the fun out for many...

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