#MY TEENAGE SON WANTS TO QUIT ALL SPORTS REGISTRATION#

#MY TEENAGE SON WANTS TO QUIT ALL SPORTS REGISTRATION#

The survey conducted by the Aspen Institute and the Utah State University team showed that on average each year travel cost $196, equipment cost $144, private lessons cost $134, registration fees cost $125, and camps cost $81 per sport per child. Playing sports can be prohibitively expensive as well for kids who don't have the economic means. Coaches may favor those kids who remind them of themselves and not reach out to those who are from different backgrounds. Boys of certain races and backgrounds and girls may not feel welcome. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) GettyĪnother problem is that sports can be like exclusive clubs, allowing only certain kinds of kids inside. States Women's National Team, will also be part of the Don't Retire, Kid campaign.

Thus, kids have to suffer feeling rejected and unwanted early in their lives at a time when they are most impressionable.įormer football player Julie Foudy, seen here taking a selfie with teammates of the 1999 United. Rather than being inclusive, many coaches and competitive sports leagues are weeding out kids at early ages or not dedicating enough time or effort towards kids who don't clearly show the potential of being stars. One problem is that sports has become more about the competition than the enjoyment. But for many kids, sports just isn't fun anymore. Since most kids aren't pulling ploughs these days, sports could be one of the best ways to stay physically active. Sports should be fun just like avocado toast is supposed to be yummy. The first of these should apply to everyone, the last to most. And these costs will be passed along to you, assuming that you depend on the economy in some way and pay for health insurance and pay taxes. Our GOPC and PHICOR computational modeling study published in the journal Health Affairs quantified the many billions of dollars in direct medical costs and productivity losses this level of physical inactivity will continue to cost our country. These in turn can lead to a range of medical problems such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Not getting enough physical activity can lead to overweight issues and obesity during childhood and into adulthood. are reaching the Sports and Fitness Industry Association's 'active to a healthy level,' which is just 25 minutes of high-calorie-burning physical activity three times a week. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has dubbed physical inactivity 'a global public health problem.' As I have described previously for Forbes, less than a third of youth in the U.S. These 'early retirements' are big problems because they're contributing to the physical inactivity epidemic that's been getting worse and worse over the past three decades in our country. Tennis Association and other members of Project Play 2020 (of which our GOPC/PHICOR team is a founding member) are also supporting this campaign. That's typically by the sixth grade, the start of middle school, before the 'my parents are not cool' phase is supposed to happen. The ESPN announcement is part of the Aspen Institute's Don’t Retire, Kid campaign, aimed at bringing more attention to the kid early retirement problem. What's way too early? A survey conducted by the Aspen Institute along with the Utah State University Families in Sports Lab found that kids on average quit playing sports by age 11.

Throughout the country, kids are leaving sports way too early. The kid on the ESPN announcement isn't real, meaning that it is a real kid actor playing a fictional character. It's because playing sports just hasn't been fun for him. The reason is not that he has already won enough championships or decided to pursue an acting career to be the next Rock, aka the Pebble. Not Jason Kidd, who is retired already, but a kid kid, a young kid who has decided to quit playing sports.

My teenage son wants to quit all sports