Youth sports look a lot different than they did a generation ago.
Many parents are shelling out hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to sign their kids up for club sports at younger and younger ages. They’re paying for summer skills camps and hiring private trainers, driving across town in rush-hour traffic for games and heading out of town almost every weekend for tournaments.
And some parents are questioning whether this is good for their kids and their community.
Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a journalist and a coach about what we gain and lose when we invest so much time, money and energy into kids sports.
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Are you a coach, parent or grandparent? What kind of time and money are you seeing families devote to sports? What are the tradeoffs?
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