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Put me in coach, I'm ready to play

Posted on Mar 7th 2008 9:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
If you must allow your kids to watch TV, better to tune them into sports events than questionable programming. Even better? Turn off the boob tube and get them in the game.

Eighty percent of kids ages six to 18 surveyed by Weekly Reader said they'd rather play sports than watch them on television. This means you simply must offer your children the chance to join a team or league.

Here's what else these sports fans had to say:

  • 50 percent said their parents urge them to play a team sport.
  • 43 percent of six to nine-year-olds said they play their sport because they love it. Just 32 percent of 13 to 18-year olds said the same.
  • 10 percent of 13 to 18-year old girls quit playing sports because a coach told them they weren't good enough.
  • Girls attend practice in greater numbers than boys.

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