Five Reasons to Talk to Your Kids About Sexual Abuse

Jennifer Wooden Mitchell and Rosemary Wooden Webb – Co-Presidents of Child Lures Prevention/Teen Lures Prevention Educational – outline five reasons to talk to your children about sexual abuse.

By David Benzel
Is it your aspiration that your child be famous? Do you have an athlete whose goal is fame – the kind we see on TV in professional sports? Perhaps it’s not too soon to teach a healthy perspective on the topic to avoid the overwhelming odds of misery down the road.

By David Benzel
The parent/coach relationship is important for the sake of your child’s skill development and social development. However it can be a tricky relationship for you due to two factors: 1) your emotional investment in your child’s progress; and 2) the complexity of issues a coach faces in making so many subjective decisions that affect your child and the team.

By David Benzel
Here are some tips about avoiding defense conversations with your athlete.

By Dr. Alison Arnold
2013–2014 is an exciting time for USA Gymnastics! Every eight years USA Gymnastics Women’s Junior Olympic Program Committee creates new routines for the Junior Olympic levels. That means, new skills, dance, and the best part of all…new music! With all the changes this year, USA Gymnastics is also implementing a new numbering system for the levels.

Active kids are more likely to remain lean and healthy during their youth and inactive adolescents are more likely to become adults who do not exercise, according to new results on tracking of physical activity behaviors in children to help predict the physical activity and fitness levels of adults.

By Julie Cross, Recreational Gymnastics Program Director for the Champaign County YMCA

Gymnastics provides a fun and safe activity that gets kids physically active. Not only does the sport provide a good, solid fitness foundation, gymnastics also provides many other benefits, from socialization skills to life skills to basics that can enhance performance in other
sports.

Gymnastics not only increases strength, grace and flexibility, but also encourages hard work, discipline and determination.

Climbing the Pyramid or Just Hanging on the Plate? What’s the Difference?