The on Deck Circle of Life

Every parent will want to give their baseball and softball players a copy of ON DECK for their birthday - Barton D. Schmitt M.D. Bestselling Author of Your Childs Health Each brief chapter stands alone offering clear practical advice and insight regarding the challenges and opportunities life throws our way. - Gail Reichlin Founder and Executive Director Parents Resource Network; and Bestselling Author of The Pocket Parent Everything a child needs to know about life can be learned from the dugout steps. Every pitch hit and play on the baseball field is its own life lesson. From taking charge under a pop fly to taking risks on the base paths to taking heart on the bench THE ON DECK CIRCLE OF LIFE connects parents and their kids through the analogies axioms and allegories that baseball offers for life off the field. The author brings his unique perspective as pediatrician teacher kids baseball coach and parent to this book of 101 life lessons. As an internationally recognized pediatric specialist and professor Dr. Harley Rotbart has been named to Best Doctors in America every year since 1996. As a kids baseball coach from T-ball through high school Coach Harley has studied the fine points of a fine game. He has used baseball to guide his players his patients and his own kids in everything from homework humility and helping others to dating driving and drugs. Written for kids of all ages to read and for parents to read over their kids shoulders this is a warm and wise playbook for the game of life.