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Positive Parenting: The Benefits of Organized Sports

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The next time you’re up at the crack of dawn on a weekend to drive your child to sports practice, think about this – just two to three hours a week of sports participation boosts cardiovascular conditioning.

There are countless social and emotional benefits of being part of a team, but there’s a huge drop in organized sports participation.

In Positive Parenting with Michelle Dunaway, we take a look at what’s causing it and how can parents keep kids in the game.

The sports scientists say winning was one of the 81 factors that participants named, but it was not anywhere near the top of the list.

In fact, winning came in as sports “fun factor” number 41.

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