1KH0 71: Are We Modeling that Adulthood is a Big Bore? | Linda Flanagan, Take Back the Game | The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, S3 E44

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Wow! Wow! Wow! I learned SO much from Linda Flanagan's brand new book "Take Back the Game, How Money and Mania are Ruining Kids' Sports, and Why it Matters." Not only did I learn a lot about things like the college admissions process and what's going on behind the scenes, why kids' sports have become such a big deal over the past two decades, the dangers of early sports specialization and more but her book also left me SO much to ponder. Ever since reading the book I've been thinking about how we are presenting adulthood in our home. I've been thinking about the importance of relationship and if the choices we are making regarding our time is supporting quality relationships. I've been thinking about the simple, family times like dinner together that truly matter. And I've been thinking about sibling cohesiveness. Linda has done a masterful job of writing a book that pertains to all parents, whether they are heavily involved in youth sports or not. She touches on our anxiety about the future, about our vulnerabilties, and about our deep-seated search for meaning and significance. Her book is fantastic and this conversation is eye-opening and will leave you with a lot of things to think about. Check out Linda's new book here: https://amzn.to/3TlTDqA You can also find Linda on twitter at @LindaFlanagan2 . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. My name is Ginny Euryt and I am here today with
0:06.0	author Linda Flanagan. Welcome. Well it's good to be here. Thanks for having me
0:11.2	Ginny. And Linda is actually much more than an author.
0:14.0	Linda Flanagan is a freelance journalist, a researcher, a former cross-country and track coach, a founding
0:19.7	board member of the New York City Chapter of the Positive Coaching Alliance,
0:23.7	a 2021 Advisory Group member for the Aspen Institute's Re-imagining School Sports Initiative.
0:29.3	Her writing on sports has appeared in the Atlantic Runners World, NPR's education site Mind Shift, where she is a regular
0:35.4	contributor.
0:36.4	You were previously an analyst at the National Security Program at Harvard, interesting, and a
0:41.5	mother of three and a lifelong athlete from New Jersey so
0:45.2	happy to have you again thank you for having me yes so you have this new book
0:50.4	coming out here at the end of August take back the game how money and
0:54.2	mania are ruining kids sports and why it matters it comes out at the end of
0:59.8	August very timely for back to school right yes it's a perfect time for that to come out can you
1:06.4	tell us sort of your path to this book sure well you know I've thought about that
1:10.4	a lot it's kind of you know it's been like 20 years in the making,
1:15.0	essentially in that, or even longer because I've been a lifelong athlete.
1:20.0	So sports have always been a part of my life and I remain active.
1:25.0	But I started thinking more about sports when I had kids
1:31.0	and encouraged them to play and then my older two were reluctant but my
1:36.0	younger one was very enthusiastic and I was bothered as he he's quite he's good athlete he's a natural athlete he loves sports and I just I found myself being bothered by my own reactions to his play that I felt that I was getting
1:55.0	conscious of the fact that I was getting too invested in it. You know I just
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