how DO SPORTS affect TEENS?

Sports are a way everyone gets introduced to different physical activities. Sports help us learn skills, including how to dribble a basketball, kick a soccer ball or leap over a hurdle. Learning such skills doesn't happen overnight. It takes discipline and hard work. Research published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine on a study of early teenagers found that children and adolescents are largely sedentary, but found that this trend was troubling, since according to the survey responses of the children, they have higher self esteem when they are involved in more intense physical activity. The researchers observed that increased high-level physical activity is an important part of helping kids develops self esteem. As such, parents should encourage their children to get active and get involved as higher self-esteem can help us be better grounded and better stand up to peer pressure.

Though it can be good for children to be involved in sports, hold yourself back from being too pushy, and from prioritizing the wrong things. Your child should be interested in the sport because it seems fun. If you constantly nag him, he probably won't get so many positive benefits from playing, and could get burned out and also could come to resent you for turning his fun pastime sour. 

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