Raising Empowered Athletes

A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids

De: Kirsten Jones

Narrado por: Kirsten Jones

Today's youth-sports experience provokes countless questions for well-intentioned parents. How young should kids start playing sports? Should they specialize—and when? What should a parent do when their kid is not getting the playing time they think their child deserves? How do parents encourage children without overwhelming them? And, most importantly, how do we ensure our kids both reach their true potential on the playing field and are well-prepared to be successful in life?

Raising Empowered Athletes has answers for every youth-sports situation with an overarching goal of not only helping parents raise strong athletes but also nurture great human beings who are empowered to succeed on and off the playing field.

Nationally recognized performance coach Kirsten Jones—a former Division I athlete herself—covers wide-ranging topics including the origins of today's hyper-competitive environment, what to insist on for your child’s earliest sports experiences, club and travel teams, best approaches to family conversations and goal-setting, and the transition to high-school sports. Delivered in a conversational and compassionate style, Raising Empowered Athletes will resonate with parents, coaches, and administrators alike.

©2023 Kirsten Jones (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

The type of wisdom you expect to find in a book

For parents who fantasize about their kids being talented and making them rich someday doing what they love, this book offers a grounded perspective. As the author wisely puts it: ‘Raise the child you have, not the child you wish you had.’ A great read—highly recommended if you have kids and love them as much as I love mine.

what a wonderful book!!!

a must read / hear for patents who were athletes or have athletic aspirations for their kids. kudos to the author, she is speaking from good experience!!

A must read for parents

A helpful guide on navigating raising athletic kids in today’s high pressured sports world! I loved it!!!

Must read for all parents of athletes

Love it all. I was doing everything wrong. Corrected myself and my son is finally self-motivated!

Great insight for stressed parent of young athletes

Great insight for a mom of 3 young athletes. As a previous D1 athlete myself, so much has changed, I needed an experienced friend to share their journey. That’s what this book was for me, a good friend who could tell it like it is. Thank you.