Children Sports and Health

Children are the seeds that we plant today and as time goes by they will be trees that will serve as the foundation of tomorrow. They will be the future-builders of the coming generation, but then it will take a long time before it happens so we must give them the best things in this world, not actually to spoil them, but to nurture their minds and to kill their folly by means of proper education and good living. The best things that we can give to the children do not assure that they will be exactly the same as what we are thinking right now. Remember they are humans prone to mistakes. That is why we need to guide them step by step as they go through life. They still need guardians that will help them to point the right direction every time they are in crossroads. But time will come they will be standing on their own, all alone facing the trials, surpassing every obstacles in their way, and making decisions for their own selves. So before it happens we must make them as strong as the bamboo that no matter how hard and strong the typhoon is they can easily go with the flow of it.
 
Nowadays, there are non-governmental organizations that are concerned on how to give the children around the world the life they really deserve to have. Yes, the children maybe the new hopes of the coming generation and they may be the channel to success, but if they are not given the proper care, love, and attention, all the things you are dreaming for them will be just a dream forever. That is why these NGO’s are to the rescue to save the future of these children by means of charitable programs that will help the children especially in deprived communities to get a brighter future. Usually they conduct medical missions that have the primary concerned on  children’s health and other programs will promote children’s welfare. They are doing such kind acts because they believe that a healthy child has a healthy and brighter future.
 
Through the programs on improving on  children’s health and other children-related programs by these non-governmental organizations, it is not hard to imagine that the children of today can be the channel of success for tomorrow. Let us just cultivate these seeds for they will be beautiful seedlings and then they will turn into stunning trees.
 

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Introduction

Youth sports are a very important part of nurturing and development of children’s character and behavior. As the needs of youth sports participation becomes increasingly complicated and competitive, the role of sports parents and their influence has also evolved over time. On one hand the role of parents cannot be ignored. They provide the all necessary support and backing in different ways; like transportation of players to financial support and investing in equipment. Parents also form the major spectators in these competitive games (Baxter-Jones & Maffuli, 2003Hoefer et al., 2001). As a result parents are essential for youth sport programs (Hoyle & Leff, 1997). Parents provide unreserved emotional support, which is necessary for children’s enjoyment of any sporting activity. In addition what has been repeatedly observed is their positive influence and support in youth sports can improve motivation levels of young participants and improve their motivation, self-esteem and perception of their own ability (Bois, et al., 2005). According to Brustad, (1993) youth sport is regarded as one of the most essential activities in child development. Moreover recent studies indicate that it also contributes to character building and positive behavior. At the same time what is most disturbing is that youth sports is one area where parental conflict and negative behavior can lead to academic, health and psychosocial issues(Grinch and Fineham, 1990). This paper takes a look at youth sports with reference to parental behavior and contends that in fact this negative behavior is detrimental to the child’s participation and other problems that might develop.

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