Parents for Good Sports

-	The Problem
-	The Opportunity
-	Targeting the Parents
-	The Vision
-	The Programs
-	Publications

The mission of Parents for Good Sports is to enrich the lives of young athletes and their families through parent-driven, community-based educational programs.

Sports Parenting: Solutions to Today's Youth Sports Challenges (an e-magazine) promotes sports enhancement, enrichment and reform through parent education and involvement. It provides a forum for assessing current sports practices and for discovering approaches to school and youth sports that fit the requirements of the times. It explores possibilities for creating sports programs that benefit athletes, coaches, teams, schools, families and communities.

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SPORTS CHALLENGES: How to understand and seek solutions to today's sports challenges

SPORTS POSSIBILITIES: How to maximize possibilities for athletes, coaches, parents, teams, schools, families and communities.

PARENT DEVELOPMENT: How to develop the habits of a savvy sports parent

COACH DEVELOPMENT: How to support the professional development of coaches and sports administrators

ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT: How to promote the development of one's own children and their teammates

TEAM DEVELOPMENT: How to actively contribute to team development

SPORTS ENHANCEMENT: How to become an activist in the enhancement of school and youth sports

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON SPORT: How to develop an opportunity expanding perspective on school and youth sports

David Canning Epperson, PH.D. Co-Founder
George A. Selleck, Ph.D., Co-Founder
Paul Arrington, M.D., Coach
John Kessel, Sports Administrator
Russell Randall, Administrative Assistant

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Many parents have not yet considered the full range of benefits they and their families can garner from informed participation in their team communities. Parents need to be challenged to expand awareness about life in today's world of youth sports so that they can discover the magic of sport. An opportunity expanding perspective on sport provides parents with the tools they need to give their children and their teams access to life-enriching benefits.