Think:Kids: Managing Challenging Behavior in Youth Sports: A Chance to Build Skills, Relationships, and Healing

Challenging behavior is extremely common in sports, from little league and town soccer fields to professional arenas. When it comes to kids and sports, it can be especially hard to balance fear, disappointment, pressure, and other strong feelings with sportsmanship, healthy developmental experiences, internal motivation, and participation. Parents, guardians, coaches, teachers, and anyone who works or lives with youth are invited to join Think:Kids and our special guests for a conversation featuring practical strategies on how to handle challenging behavior in youth athletics that can help young people cope with adversity and even heal from trauma. Our panel will discuss ways to not only effectively manage challenging behavior in youth but to do it in a way that does not leverage power, which can be damaging. We will discuss ways to use sports as the perfect natural opportunity to promote healing, build relationships, and provide opportunities for kids to develop skills and character. For those unable to join live, all registrants will receive a copy of the recording via email later in the week.