Responsible Sports Contest: Blog about positive aspects of youth sports and win a gift card!

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Summertime is here and that means summer sports are in full gear. Liberty Mutual’s Responsible Sports program educates parents and coaches about the positive influence sports play in children's lives. Summer and sports are a winning combo for kids who swap school books for bats and balls, as they take part in summer camps and sports leagues. ResponsibleSports.com and TwitterMoms have come up with a fun contest and we want to hear from you! You could win a gift card just for entering the contest.

Here is the question:

"As a parent, how do you encourage and reinforce the positive aspects of youth sports?"

How It Works:
To participate, simply write a post on your own blog answering the question above. The only requirement is that you copy and paste this specific encoded hyperlink ResponsibleSports.com and include it at least once in your blog post. Then return to this discussion page, post a comment below summarizing your blog post, and include an active link to your qualifying blog entry. That’s it! The contest officially ends July 7. All participating bloggers will be contacted by a representative from Liberty Mutual the week of July 13.

Prizes:
• 20 bloggers to post about positive aspects of youth sports and include a link to ResponsibleSports.com will be randomly selected to receive a $15 pre-paid AMEX gift card
• The blogger with the most comments will receive a $50 gift card
• The blogger who generates the most Twitter discussion using the hashtag #responsiblesports will receive a $100 gift card (Twitter discussion is defined as tweeting questions, comments, thoughts on the topic of positive aspects of youth sports).

About the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports Program:
Created by Liberty Mutual in partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance, US Youth Soccer, USA Hockey and the Amateur Softball Association, the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports program provides resources for parents and coaches at www.responsiblesports.com to help children reap the full benefits of playing a team sport. The online community incorporates blogs, videos, and best practices on youth sports topics that provide practical, real-world advice. Parents and coaches also can complete coursework on positive sports mentoring that offers best practices for handling challenging sports scenarios.

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Permalink Reply by Gina L. Carroll on July 1, 2009 at 7:58am: Thanks for the opportunity to share. Too fun!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Meagan Frank on July 1, 2009 at 10:06am: Parenting the positive aspects of youth sports from the perspective of a retired youth and college sports participant who has coached at the youth level and now coaches at the college level. I currently parent three kids who play more sports than we have time to play, but we love every minute of it. Check out my perspective at http://choosingtogrow.blogspot.com; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by icefairy on July 1, 2009 at 10:35pm: Here's my post http://icefairystreasurechest.blogspot.com/2009/07/responsible-spor...
Thanks for another awesome contest!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Faten on July 1, 2009 at 11:19pm: Children mimic parents. So if they see their parents embracing sports in a responsible fashion, chances are children will do the same. I also discuss how I enrolled my son in sports and continue to do so. http://connectingwomenmedia.blogspot.com/2009/07/encouraging-youth-...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ECHOage on July 2, 2009 at 12:01pm: Sometimes kids make the team, sometimes they don't for those of you who want to know how we handled the disappointment of not making the team, check out my blog at

http://www.echoage.com/forum/read.php?6,133

Enjoy.
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Permalink Reply by Allie Young on July 5, 2009 at 7:45pm: My blog post is on finding sports activities for toddlers. http://www.waloodays.com/?p=181; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Christi Stapleton on July 6, 2009 at 7:56am: http://sowaddayathink.blogspot.com/2009/07/responsible-sports.html

Here is my blog post! I talked about different character traits that have been encouraged by our sons participating in sports.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by danceadvantage on July 6, 2009 at 8:16am: My post focuses on competitive dance which shares many of the same benefits, positives, and pitfalls as competitive sport. Here is the link: http://danceadvantage.net/2009/07/06/accentuate-the-positive/. I've given suggestions as to how parents can accentuate the positives and help competitive dance live up to its potential as a positive activity through their A.C.T.Tions.

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Permalink Reply by Grace E. Mauzy on July 6, 2009 at 12:48pm: MY post is up. What a great question. I talk about how I support and encourage my 5 daughters who range from scruffy youngsters to adults well youth sports. The level of competition also ranges from Olympic training to fun in the back yard. Here's where to take a look. http://gemparenting.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/how-i-encourage-and-su...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Heather on July 6, 2009 at 7:25pm: I wrote a blog about the key points that I've enforced thus far in my son's youth sports experiences and how I've done this! Here's a link!
http://heather-momof3boys.blogspot.com/2009/07/responsible-sports-p...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Barbara Platt on July 7, 2009 at 4:19am: Contest: "As a parent, how do you encourage and reinforce the positive aspects of youth sports?"

http://barbarasbeat.blogspot.com/2009/07/responsible-sports-contest...

My grandsons have played sports since they were toddlers. We have kept them safe and they have grown - on and off the field.
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