Sports and Competing Articles

• Book Excerpt: Drive: 9 Ways to Motivate Your Kids to Achieve

  “The Driving Test: How Much Drive Does Your Child Have?” is an excerpt from Janine Walker Caffrey’s motivational book on ways to encourage your teen to aim for success.

• Book Excerpt: How To Win A Sports Scholarship

  Penny Hastings and Todd Caven, a mother-son team, offer step-by-step advice on how athletic kids can use their talents to get into the college of their choice and attract scholarship dollars.
  

• What They’ll Do for the Team

  Most athletic teens know at least one kid who has used supplements, starvation diets, or drugs to run faster, play harder, get thinner, or more powerful. What can parents do to protect their active children?

• Sports Injuries: Protect Your Child

  Avoid sports injuries in your teen; educate yourself about the signs of overuse.

• Girls in Sports: Beyond the Scoreboard

  Your daughter doesn't have to be a jock to get great benefits from sports. ParentingTeensOnline offers insight on the benefits of sports for girls.

• Taming the Overachieving Monster

  We push our teens too hard, and then they push themselves. Find out how to calm down about your teen being the best.