This is the central question behind our first Good Game Book Club book: 'Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids.'
My friend just sent me a link to your article about pay-to-stay after I emailed him bemoaning the baseball travel ball shenanigans. I love your substack! Recently, a published a memoir about a single season of Little League baseball I spent watching my older son play with my dad. It was the season after my brother died, and the story is about the healing powers of baseball and youth sports (my brother had been an All-Star player and my husband coached that season). It's a story about family, redemption, grief, and some adults getting WAY WAY too into baseball in the mutual sideline foxhole that is youth sports. Would you consider my book for your book club? Sorry to leave this as a comment; I couldn't figure out how to message you directly. It's called "Making It Home: Life Lessons From a Season of Little League" and I believe it would be a fit for your readers. Cal Ripken Jr. said, "It's a story about a team that becomes a family, and a family that becomes a team," and it was a USA Today "must read." If you're interested, I can send you a copy! Thanks for all you do to foster conversations around youth sports! Best, Teresa Strasser!
My friend just sent me a link to your article about pay-to-stay after I emailed him bemoaning the baseball travel ball shenanigans. I love your substack! Recently, a published a memoir about a single season of Little League baseball I spent watching my older son play with my dad. It was the season after my brother died, and the story is about the healing powers of baseball and youth sports (my brother had been an All-Star player and my husband coached that season). It's a story about family, redemption, grief, and some adults getting WAY WAY too into baseball in the mutual sideline foxhole that is youth sports. Would you consider my book for your book club? Sorry to leave this as a comment; I couldn't figure out how to message you directly. It's called "Making It Home: Life Lessons From a Season of Little League" and I believe it would be a fit for your readers. Cal Ripken Jr. said, "It's a story about a team that becomes a family, and a family that becomes a team," and it was a USA Today "must read." If you're interested, I can send you a copy! Thanks for all you do to foster conversations around youth sports! Best, Teresa Strasser!