Sports journalist Mark Hyman, the author of Until It Hurts: America's Obsession With Youth Sports and How It Harms Our Kids, has penned an opinion piece on Olympic parents for The New York Times. Hyman defends the overly exuberant parents of U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman, whose hilarious antics have been viewed more than 100,000 times on YouTube. “Exuberant parents aren’t the problem in youth sports. Overzealous, overly ambitious parents are,” Hyman writes. “As parents, we make
...moreSports journalist Mark Hyman, the author of Until It Hurts: America's Obsession With Youth Sports and How It Harms Our Kids, has penned an opinion piece on Olympic parents for The New York Times. Hyman defends the overly exuberant parents of U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman, whose hilarious antics have been viewed more than 100,000 times on YouTube. “Exuberant parents aren’t the problem in youth sports. Overzealous, overly ambitious parents are,” Hyman writes. “As parents, we make a horrible mistake when we confuse our ambitions with what kids truly want and need from sports.” He says we should celebrate parents who keep things in perspective, “even if they don’t always stay in their seats.”
