CHRIS BJORK; Author, ‘More Than Just a Game’ (How the Youth Sports Industry is Changing the Way We Parent..) Prof. Education, Vassar College; Stanford, PhD; LIVE from NY

#realconversations #youthsports #Vassar #Stanford#ScrippsSpellingBee CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIESMeet CHRIS BJORK “Always seeking particles of commonality inthe nearly 400 worldwide interviews I've done. Chris is perfect. Much of mylife’s journey, including my journalism, mindset, parenting, and spectatorenergies, especially over the past four decades, has been closely tied to theyouth sports industry, college, and professional sports. It’s part of my life.And yours, the audience. Chris’s book ‘More Than Just a Game’ is hugely timely.Our conversation was therefore hugely timely. Chris is meticulous, passionate,scholarly, a parent, and importantly, a professor at Vassar with a PhD fromStanford. He is so thorough when it comes to youth sports. We drifted off topicfrom his book to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. For me, a youth sport. Wediscussed old sports movies, such as Robert De Niro in ‘Bang the Drum Slowly,’and the Los Angeles Lakers being sold (last night) for $10 billion. BeyondChris’s book about youth sports, he was extremely knowledgeable in the realmand was warm and giving during this very special interview. “ Calvinhttps://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEs553 Interviews/Videos  9200 SUBSCRIBERSGLOBAL Reach. Earth Life. Amazing People.  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE and COMMENT** CHRIS BJORK; Author,‘More Than Just a Game’ (How the Youth Sports Industry is Changing the Way WeParent..) Prof. Education, Vassar College; Stanford, PhD; LIVE from NYYouTube: https://youtu.be/acDAoK9_jvwLINKS:  @chrisbjork6on X/Twitter and InstagramLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bjork-35948116/BIO: In More Than Just a Game, Vassar professors ChristopherBjork, PhD, and William Hoynes, PhD, provide original research about parentalattitudes, struggles, and much-needed perspective regarding what has become abillion-dollar youth sports industry. People involved in that industry oftenclaim that young athletes are benefiting from recent changes to the system, butare current practices actually “good” for kids—or their families? Throughoutthe book, the authors draw from interviews they conducted with parents,players, and coaches, as well as their combined three decades of experiencewith youth sports. They document the challenges that parents face as theyoversee their children’s extracurricular lives. The authors conclude that thedecisions adults make are often logical, given the emphasis our society placeson winning at all costs. More Than Just a Game provides parents with theinformation they need to navigate a profit-driven system that often overlooksthe needs of actual children. The book offers knowledge, support, and ameaningful way forward, as well as a way back—to letting our kids play, grow,and thrive.**WE ARE ALSO ON AUDIOAUDIO “Conversations with Calvin; WE the SpecIEs”ANCHOR https://lnkd.in/g4jcUPqSPOTIFY https://lnkd.in/ghuMFeCAPPLE PODCASTSBREAKER https://lnkd.in/g62StzJGOOGLE PODCASTS https://lnkd.in/gpd3XfMPOCKET CASTS https://pca.st/bmjmzaitRADIO PUBLIC https://lnkd.in/gxueFZw