By By Jesse Spector — 2020
One of the best hitters in baseball in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the main reason that Dick Allen isn’t in the Hall of Fame is institutional racism.
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“The movement towards personalization is already advancing in medicine. We must move quickly in that direction in education, too.”
Dealing with Conflict at Sporting Events
Be mindful of a young athlete’s psychological well-being.
Evidence suggests that as young people compete more intensely in sports, gains in mental wellness may be replaced by mental health challenges particular to competitive athletics.
Experts say the more parents involve themselves in their kids’ sporting events, including acting out on sidelines, the less enjoyable and more results-driven is the child’s athletic experience.
Even for a psychologist who studies how kids understand racism and violence, talking to her own children about it is difficult.
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70% of children drop out of organized sports by age 13, according to research
The writer Ibram X. Kendi has been reading a lot of books to his five-year-old daughter, Imani. And when he chooses those books, he makes sure they include many kinds of people.
“You’re always communicating about race, whether you talk about it or not.”
A lack of support splits parents into warring factions. Here’s what could stop the fighting.