Tom Brady used to put on his Little League uniform at 7 a.m. in preparation for a Saturday game hours later. He routinely went to hit and field with his dad at a park near his home in San Mateo, ...

Millennial parents of today’s generation of kids grew up in a unique, budding world of technology, which also coexisted during a time of pure, organically created boredom. It was a time when weekend ...

Parents, it is not just your imagination—you are spending more time, money and resources on your kids' sports activities than moms and dads from previous generations. A new nationwide study found that ...

If you’re preparing to register your child for summer sports camps and fall, team sports, Nirav Pandya, MD, orthopedic surgeon at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, has some suggestions for how to ...

The rising costs of participating in organized youth sports is making these activities unaffordable for many families, essentially barring kids and teens from important opportunities to improve their ...

Sports have always been an important part of kids’ lives. In recent years, however, they seem to be taking more of a priority over other activities. One man pointed out the struggle of balancing his ...

Youth sports have transformed from fun recreational activities into year-round, high-pressure training programs that push children beyond their physical and emotional limits. What should be building ...

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...