What If We've Gotten Toughness Wrong in Youth Sports? (with Megan Bartlett; CHJS) - Healthy Sports Parents | Lyssna här

What if the way we’ve been trying to build toughness in young athletes is actually making it harder for them to grow?

Megan Bartlett, Founder of the Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport, joins Jonathan Carone to talk about what kids actually need to handle pressure, take risks, recover from mistakes, and become more resilient. They talk about why feeling safe doesn’t mean lowering standards, how resilience is actually built, why different kids may need different paths to reach the same expectations, and how the emotions of parents and coaches affect the athletes around them.

They also get into what regulation really means, why repair matters when we get it wrong, and why play, laughter, and connection still belong in competitive youth sports.

If we want to raise kids who can handle hard things, maybe the answer isn’t simply making things harder.

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