Check out the Sunday, December 5, 2004 Star Tribune front page article
Reality Check for Kid Hockey and
Timeout on Youth Sports .
Andrea Grazzini Walstrom, a “Burnsville mother and former high school soccer player has watched other parents juggle practices, sports camps and dance competitions that have erased the family dinner hour, scratched vacations and jeopardized holiday traditions.
She's heard the horror stories: Exhausted parents worn out from shuttling kids to practices and tournaments across the metro area. Frustrated parents upset because their child was benched when he skipped the team's Christmas Eve practice. Guilty parents worried that their son or daughter will be left behind in the cutthroat competition for varsity squads and college scholarships.”
In addition to our PFF website (by the way, we will have new design in January, 2005), check these out:
Posted by Susan at 12/05/2004 01:19:55 PM | Link