Sidelining Sundays: The impact of youth sports

By Emily Tuttle You’ve seen it before: dozens of five-year-old girls running around on a soccer field dressed in purple jerseys, worried more about picking dandelions than putting the ball in the goal. The game doesn’t stop at five. As these children grow up, weekends are full of traveling to the next state for a tournament. And parents continue to swipe their credit cards for uniforms, team fees, hotels and anything needed for their child to succeed.  But should success be ...