It's Just a Game!: Youth Sports & Self Esteem: A Guide for Parents

In place of a 3rd printing of his original book Youth Sports & Self-Esteem: A Guide for Parents Dr. Darrell Burnett a published authority on parenting decided to revise his popular book adding some sportsmanship checklists and changing the title to Its Just a Game! to reflect the importance of keeping youth sports in the proper perspective. While discussing the psychology of youth sports Dr. Burnett not only points out how sports can strengthen a childs self-esteem he offers specific practical positive parenting guidelines to help make it happen.Topics include: •The four cornerstones of self-esteem •12 guidelines for promoting childrens self-esteem through youth sports •Case examples photos cartoons references •Skill behavior and sportsmanship checklists •A Parent Attitude & Behavior Checklist for youth sports •A list of 86 Ways To Say Very Good! The books theme is straightforward: kids have enough pressure in life and youth sports should not add to it. Youth sports can and should promote self-esteem offering every youngster an opportunity to enjoy the simple fun of participating in sports while learning skills feeling good and building positive childhood memories. Dr. Burnetts book gives parents a blueprint for building those memories.