Research suggests parental pressure makes youth sports less enjoyable for kids while creating unnecessary stress.

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Parents are struggling to afford youth sports as costs rise, with many skipping seasons due to high fees.

America is facing another crisis: youth sports and the rising costs to participate.On any given day in D.C., you may see kids ...

A sweeping study of U.S. youth sports participation over the past 60 years has found that there has been a significant increase over time in kids playing organized sports—but particularly among more ...

ESPN is investing money and resources to help make playing sports possible for kids across the country. Parents also have a ...

A sweeping study of U.S. youth sports participation over the past 60 years found that there has been a significant increase over time in kids playing organized sports -- but particularly among more ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Caitlin Moscatello about the privatization of youth sports, an industry with annual revenues of more than $40 billion.

… In the community, the way this shows up is that kids who can’t play competitively have no opportunity to engage in ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Jennifer Harvey is vice president for academic affairs at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. Her books include “Antiracism as Daily Practice: Refuse ...

For families across Colorado, the rising cost of youth sports is making it harder for some children to get—and stay—in the ...