Stacy M. Debroff
Sign Me Up!: The Parents' Complete Guide to Sports, Activities, Music Lessons, Dance Classes, and Other Extracurriculars
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The book provides a detailed breakdown of hundreds of extracurricular activities, itemizing the cost, equipment, time commitment, opportunities for competition, and even the philosophies underlying each activity.
The book provides a detailed breakdown of hundreds of extracurricular activities, itemizing the cost, equipment, time commitment, opportunities for competition, and even the philosophies underlying each activity.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Simon & Schuster
- Original
- Seitenzahl: 672
- Erscheinungstermin: August 2003
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 188mm x 39mm
- Gewicht: 1193g
- ISBN-13: 9780743235419
- ISBN-10: 074323541X
- Artikelnr.: 21836338
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster
- Original
- Seitenzahl: 672
- Erscheinungstermin: August 2003
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 188mm x 39mm
- Gewicht: 1193g
- ISBN-13: 9780743235419
- ISBN-10: 074323541X
- Artikelnr.: 21836338
Stacy M. DeBroff
Contents
Part I: Activity Mania
1 The Big Picture
The Demographics Say It All
Fear Underlying the Frenzy
Hard to Step Out of the Craze
Trickle-Down Theory: Children's Hectic Lives Reflect Our Own
What a Contrast to Our Childhood
Why the Activity Mania?
Impact of the Evolving Workforce and Working Moms No One Home to Play
With It's Not Safe Out There Cutbacks in Programs at Public Schools
Thinking Ahead to the Teenage Years
In a Culture of Overachievement, It's Hard to Keep Up with the Joneses
Parental Peer Pressure Fear of Being an Inadequate Parent The Push to
Excel Starting in the Womb Holding Your Child Back from Kindergarten
Looking Ahead: Thinking About College
Youth Sports and Activities Have Become Big Business
How This Book Can Help You Handle Activity Mania
2 How to Choose
Clarify What You Bring to the Table
Trying to Divine Your Child's Unique Potential Wanting the Best for Your
Child Don't Relive Your Own Childhood Your Child's Success as Reflected
Glory on You Valuing Your Child as a Human Being vs. a Human Doing Back
to the Basics: All About Having Fun
Deciding Among All the Tantalizing Possibilities
Think of Ages 4-10 as the Trial Years Helping Your Child Find the Right
Fit Matching Activities to Your Child's Physique The Role and Influence
of Your Child's Friends Pressure to Follow the "In-Crowd" Fear Your
Child Will Be Left Behind by Her Peers How Young Is Too Young?
Who Does the Choosing?
Following Your Child's Lead Prioritizing and Goal-Setting with Your Child
Insisting on Certain Non-Negotiable Activities
Limiting the Number of Simultaneous Activities
Your Child's Temperament and Energy Level How Much Is Too Much? Your
Active Child Wants Even More Activities Getting Your Resistant Child to
Try Something New
Consider the Logistics
Using Your Family Calendar Strategically Scheduling Strategies Activity
Bags and Equipment Food, Drinks, and Snacks
Assessing an After-School Program
3 The Need for Downtime
The Value of Doing Nothing
Making Time for Unstructured Play
Dealing with Declarations of Boredom How to Approach Downtime During
Summer Months
Not Enough Downtime: Warning Signs of Stress and Burnout
Limiting TV and Electronics: Passivity Central
Establishing Family Rules Computer and Electronic Games
Carving Out Time Together as a Family
The Erosion of the Family Dinner Set Aside Family Time Take Up Sports
and Hobbies as a Family Missing Games or Practices for Family Travel or
Social Events No Time for Religion Preventing Family Burnout
Balancing Activities with Time for Homework
4 Ongoing Management
Sibling Strategies
Avoiding Comparisons Between Children When Your Children Compete
Head-to-Head Twins or Multiples: Same Team? Following in the Footsteps
of a Sibling Star
Larger Families
Dealing with Your Child's Coach
Letting the Coaches Coach Dealing with a Problematic Situation
Improving Your Skills as Spectator
Sideline Dos and Don'ts
5 Dealing with Difficult Issues
Supporting Your Child After a Game or Performance
What to Say After a Tough Loss Keeping Winning in Perspective Stress
Effort, Not Performance Don't Push Too Hard Avoid Comparing Your Child
to Her Peers
Dealing with a Bad Sport
When Your Child Wants to Quit
Uncover the Heart of the Matter When Your Talented Child Wants to Quit
Dealing with Your Own Frustration
Addressing Reasons Your Child May Give for Quitting
Just Not having Fun Feels Incompetent or Untalented Feels
Underchallenged or Bored Struggling in the Opening Forays Bad Fit with
the Coach, Teacher, or Other Kids
Encouraging Your Child to Stick with It a While Longer
Making It a Family Policy Not to Quit
Times When Calling It Quits Makes Sense
The Process of Quitting Itself
Part II: Sports
6 General Sports Considerations
Ready for Organized Sports?
Specializing Early
Aiming for a College Scholarship to Defray Tuition The Possibility of a
Professional Sports Career Starting Early Often Means Burning Out Early
Choosing Subjectively vs. Objectively Judged Sports
Team vs. Individual Sports
Recreational vs. Elite Teams
Recreational Teams Playing Up with an Older Age Group Travel, Select,
or Elite Competitive Teams Elite Team Tryouts
Bench Warming
What to Do When Your Child Hates Sports
Need for Physical Exercise: The Culture of Obesity
Obesity in Children: Why You Should Be Concerned What's Causing the
Increased Obesity? Ways to Curtail Obesity in Your Child Role Modeling:
Be Physically Active Yourself
Considerations for Your Athletic Daughter
Title IX and Girls in Sports Today Tips to Avoid Gender Stereotyping
Same-Sex vs. Coed Sports Teams When Your Daughter Wants to Play on the
Boys' Team Girls Dropping Out of Sports Entirely Around Puberty
Sports for Your Special Needs Child
7 Choosing the Right Sport for Your Child
Kids Who Excel
General Sports Benefits
Physical Benefits of Exercise Psychological and Emotional Benefits &3149;
Social Benefits Mental Benefits and Educational Success
Finding the Right Coach for Your Child
Volunteer Coaches When You Have the Ability to Pick Signs of Great
Coaching Telltale Signs of Poor Coaching
Evaluating a Teacher
Coaching Your Own Child
Making the Decision Dealing with Other Parents
What to Look For in a Sports Program
Overall Safety and Injury Considerations
Proper Equipment Preventing Heatstroke, Dehydration, and Frostbite
Overuse Injuries Getting Ready for the Start of a New Season
Eating Disorders
Effects of Eating Disorders What to Watch Out For What to Do
Overall Cost Considerations
Budgeting Know-How Buying Equipment Ways to Save Money on Your Child's
Sports Expenses
8 Guide to Specific Sports
9 Other Physical Activities
Strength Training
Yoga
10 Sports Resources
Part III: Art and Performing Arts
11 General Music Considerations
General Benefits
Encouraging Musical Interest in Your Child
Choosing a Musical Instrument
How to Choose Physical Suitability, Your Child's Preferences It's
Okay to Switch
Group Play in Orchestras and Bands
Renting vs. Buying an Instrument
General Cost Considerations Types of Rental PlansInsurance Rental vs.
Purchase Cost
How to Choose a Music Teacher
Where Do I Begin the Search for a Teacher? Interviewing a Prospective
Teacher Education and Involvement Communicating with Your Child's
Teacher
Getting Your Child to Practice
Creating the Ideal Practice Environment Scheduling the Time Making
Practice Fun Improving Technical Aspects and Measuring Progress
12 Guide to Specific Instruments
Piano
Brass and Woodwind
Bassoon Clarinet Flute French Horn Oboe Recorder Saxophone
Trombone Trumpet Tuba and Euphonium
Stringed Instruments
Cello Double Bass Guitar Harp Viola Violin
Drums and Percussion Instruments
13 Voice Lessons and Group Singing
Overview
What to Expect in Voice Lessons
Why Your Child Doesn't Sound Perfect Yet Helping with Practice Helping
Your Child Take Care of Her Voice
Chorus and Choir
What to Look for in a Voice Teacher 537 Cost Considerations
14 Theater and the Performing Arts
Overview
Auditioning
Types of Performing Arts
Creative Drama and Improvisation (Improv) Theater Arts Musical Theater
15 Dance
Overview
Ballet
Other Popular Types of Dance
Ballroom Dancing Hip-Hop Irish Step Dancing Jazz Modern
Salsa/Latin Dance Tap
16 Art
Overview
Popular Types of Art Class
Animation/Cartooning Calligraphy Ceramics, Pottery, and Wheel-Working
Painting and Drawing Photography Sculpture Sewing, Quilting, and
Needlework Woodworking
17 Art and Performing Arts Resources
Music Theatre Dance Art
Part IV: Intellectual and Community Activities
18 Intellectual
Chess
Foreign Language Study
Odyssey of the Mind
19 Troops and Groups
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire USA
4-H
20 Resources for Intellectual and Community Activities
Chess Foreign Languages Odyssey of The Mind Troops and Groups
Part V: Conclusion
21 Final Thoughts
Remembering What Ultimately Counts
How Will This All Play Out? The Experimental Generation
What's to Be Done?
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Part I: Activity Mania
1 The Big Picture
The Demographics Say It All
Fear Underlying the Frenzy
Hard to Step Out of the Craze
Trickle-Down Theory: Children's Hectic Lives Reflect Our Own
What a Contrast to Our Childhood
Why the Activity Mania?
Impact of the Evolving Workforce and Working Moms No One Home to Play
With It's Not Safe Out There Cutbacks in Programs at Public Schools
Thinking Ahead to the Teenage Years
In a Culture of Overachievement, It's Hard to Keep Up with the Joneses
Parental Peer Pressure Fear of Being an Inadequate Parent The Push to
Excel Starting in the Womb Holding Your Child Back from Kindergarten
Looking Ahead: Thinking About College
Youth Sports and Activities Have Become Big Business
How This Book Can Help You Handle Activity Mania
2 How to Choose
Clarify What You Bring to the Table
Trying to Divine Your Child's Unique Potential Wanting the Best for Your
Child Don't Relive Your Own Childhood Your Child's Success as Reflected
Glory on You Valuing Your Child as a Human Being vs. a Human Doing Back
to the Basics: All About Having Fun
Deciding Among All the Tantalizing Possibilities
Think of Ages 4-10 as the Trial Years Helping Your Child Find the Right
Fit Matching Activities to Your Child's Physique The Role and Influence
of Your Child's Friends Pressure to Follow the "In-Crowd" Fear Your
Child Will Be Left Behind by Her Peers How Young Is Too Young?
Who Does the Choosing?
Following Your Child's Lead Prioritizing and Goal-Setting with Your Child
Insisting on Certain Non-Negotiable Activities
Limiting the Number of Simultaneous Activities
Your Child's Temperament and Energy Level How Much Is Too Much? Your
Active Child Wants Even More Activities Getting Your Resistant Child to
Try Something New
Consider the Logistics
Using Your Family Calendar Strategically Scheduling Strategies Activity
Bags and Equipment Food, Drinks, and Snacks
Assessing an After-School Program
3 The Need for Downtime
The Value of Doing Nothing
Making Time for Unstructured Play
Dealing with Declarations of Boredom How to Approach Downtime During
Summer Months
Not Enough Downtime: Warning Signs of Stress and Burnout
Limiting TV and Electronics: Passivity Central
Establishing Family Rules Computer and Electronic Games
Carving Out Time Together as a Family
The Erosion of the Family Dinner Set Aside Family Time Take Up Sports
and Hobbies as a Family Missing Games or Practices for Family Travel or
Social Events No Time for Religion Preventing Family Burnout
Balancing Activities with Time for Homework
4 Ongoing Management
Sibling Strategies
Avoiding Comparisons Between Children When Your Children Compete
Head-to-Head Twins or Multiples: Same Team? Following in the Footsteps
of a Sibling Star
Larger Families
Dealing with Your Child's Coach
Letting the Coaches Coach Dealing with a Problematic Situation
Improving Your Skills as Spectator
Sideline Dos and Don'ts
5 Dealing with Difficult Issues
Supporting Your Child After a Game or Performance
What to Say After a Tough Loss Keeping Winning in Perspective Stress
Effort, Not Performance Don't Push Too Hard Avoid Comparing Your Child
to Her Peers
Dealing with a Bad Sport
When Your Child Wants to Quit
Uncover the Heart of the Matter When Your Talented Child Wants to Quit
Dealing with Your Own Frustration
Addressing Reasons Your Child May Give for Quitting
Just Not having Fun Feels Incompetent or Untalented Feels
Underchallenged or Bored Struggling in the Opening Forays Bad Fit with
the Coach, Teacher, or Other Kids
Encouraging Your Child to Stick with It a While Longer
Making It a Family Policy Not to Quit
Times When Calling It Quits Makes Sense
The Process of Quitting Itself
Part II: Sports
6 General Sports Considerations
Ready for Organized Sports?
Specializing Early
Aiming for a College Scholarship to Defray Tuition The Possibility of a
Professional Sports Career Starting Early Often Means Burning Out Early
Choosing Subjectively vs. Objectively Judged Sports
Team vs. Individual Sports
Recreational vs. Elite Teams
Recreational Teams Playing Up with an Older Age Group Travel, Select,
or Elite Competitive Teams Elite Team Tryouts
Bench Warming
What to Do When Your Child Hates Sports
Need for Physical Exercise: The Culture of Obesity
Obesity in Children: Why You Should Be Concerned What's Causing the
Increased Obesity? Ways to Curtail Obesity in Your Child Role Modeling:
Be Physically Active Yourself
Considerations for Your Athletic Daughter
Title IX and Girls in Sports Today Tips to Avoid Gender Stereotyping
Same-Sex vs. Coed Sports Teams When Your Daughter Wants to Play on the
Boys' Team Girls Dropping Out of Sports Entirely Around Puberty
Sports for Your Special Needs Child
7 Choosing the Right Sport for Your Child
Kids Who Excel
General Sports Benefits
Physical Benefits of Exercise Psychological and Emotional Benefits &3149;
Social Benefits Mental Benefits and Educational Success
Finding the Right Coach for Your Child
Volunteer Coaches When You Have the Ability to Pick Signs of Great
Coaching Telltale Signs of Poor Coaching
Evaluating a Teacher
Coaching Your Own Child
Making the Decision Dealing with Other Parents
What to Look For in a Sports Program
Overall Safety and Injury Considerations
Proper Equipment Preventing Heatstroke, Dehydration, and Frostbite
Overuse Injuries Getting Ready for the Start of a New Season
Eating Disorders
Effects of Eating Disorders What to Watch Out For What to Do
Overall Cost Considerations
Budgeting Know-How Buying Equipment Ways to Save Money on Your Child's
Sports Expenses
8 Guide to Specific Sports
9 Other Physical Activities
Strength Training
Yoga
10 Sports Resources
Part III: Art and Performing Arts
11 General Music Considerations
General Benefits
Encouraging Musical Interest in Your Child
Choosing a Musical Instrument
How to Choose Physical Suitability, Your Child's Preferences It's
Okay to Switch
Group Play in Orchestras and Bands
Renting vs. Buying an Instrument
General Cost Considerations Types of Rental PlansInsurance Rental vs.
Purchase Cost
How to Choose a Music Teacher
Where Do I Begin the Search for a Teacher? Interviewing a Prospective
Teacher Education and Involvement Communicating with Your Child's
Teacher
Getting Your Child to Practice
Creating the Ideal Practice Environment Scheduling the Time Making
Practice Fun Improving Technical Aspects and Measuring Progress
12 Guide to Specific Instruments
Piano
Brass and Woodwind
Bassoon Clarinet Flute French Horn Oboe Recorder Saxophone
Trombone Trumpet Tuba and Euphonium
Stringed Instruments
Cello Double Bass Guitar Harp Viola Violin
Drums and Percussion Instruments
13 Voice Lessons and Group Singing
Overview
What to Expect in Voice Lessons
Why Your Child Doesn't Sound Perfect Yet Helping with Practice Helping
Your Child Take Care of Her Voice
Chorus and Choir
What to Look for in a Voice Teacher 537 Cost Considerations
14 Theater and the Performing Arts
Overview
Auditioning
Types of Performing Arts
Creative Drama and Improvisation (Improv) Theater Arts Musical Theater
15 Dance
Overview
Ballet
Other Popular Types of Dance
Ballroom Dancing Hip-Hop Irish Step Dancing Jazz Modern
Salsa/Latin Dance Tap
16 Art
Overview
Popular Types of Art Class
Animation/Cartooning Calligraphy Ceramics, Pottery, and Wheel-Working
Painting and Drawing Photography Sculpture Sewing, Quilting, and
Needlework Woodworking
17 Art and Performing Arts Resources
Music Theatre Dance Art
Part IV: Intellectual and Community Activities
18 Intellectual
Chess
Foreign Language Study
Odyssey of the Mind
19 Troops and Groups
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire USA
4-H
20 Resources for Intellectual and Community Activities
Chess Foreign Languages Odyssey of The Mind Troops and Groups
Part V: Conclusion
21 Final Thoughts
Remembering What Ultimately Counts
How Will This All Play Out? The Experimental Generation
What's to Be Done?
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Part I: Activity Mania
1 The Big Picture
The Demographics Say It All
Fear Underlying the Frenzy
Hard to Step Out of the Craze
Trickle-Down Theory: Children's Hectic Lives Reflect Our Own
What a Contrast to Our Childhood
Why the Activity Mania?
Impact of the Evolving Workforce and Working Moms No One Home to Play
With It's Not Safe Out There Cutbacks in Programs at Public Schools
Thinking Ahead to the Teenage Years
In a Culture of Overachievement, It's Hard to Keep Up with the Joneses
Parental Peer Pressure Fear of Being an Inadequate Parent The Push to
Excel Starting in the Womb Holding Your Child Back from Kindergarten
Looking Ahead: Thinking About College
Youth Sports and Activities Have Become Big Business
How This Book Can Help You Handle Activity Mania
2 How to Choose
Clarify What You Bring to the Table
Trying to Divine Your Child's Unique Potential Wanting the Best for Your
Child Don't Relive Your Own Childhood Your Child's Success as Reflected
Glory on You Valuing Your Child as a Human Being vs. a Human Doing Back
to the Basics: All About Having Fun
Deciding Among All the Tantalizing Possibilities
Think of Ages 4-10 as the Trial Years Helping Your Child Find the Right
Fit Matching Activities to Your Child's Physique The Role and Influence
of Your Child's Friends Pressure to Follow the "In-Crowd" Fear Your
Child Will Be Left Behind by Her Peers How Young Is Too Young?
Who Does the Choosing?
Following Your Child's Lead Prioritizing and Goal-Setting with Your Child
Insisting on Certain Non-Negotiable Activities
Limiting the Number of Simultaneous Activities
Your Child's Temperament and Energy Level How Much Is Too Much? Your
Active Child Wants Even More Activities Getting Your Resistant Child to
Try Something New
Consider the Logistics
Using Your Family Calendar Strategically Scheduling Strategies Activity
Bags and Equipment Food, Drinks, and Snacks
Assessing an After-School Program
3 The Need for Downtime
The Value of Doing Nothing
Making Time for Unstructured Play
Dealing with Declarations of Boredom How to Approach Downtime During
Summer Months
Not Enough Downtime: Warning Signs of Stress and Burnout
Limiting TV and Electronics: Passivity Central
Establishing Family Rules Computer and Electronic Games
Carving Out Time Together as a Family
The Erosion of the Family Dinner Set Aside Family Time Take Up Sports
and Hobbies as a Family Missing Games or Practices for Family Travel or
Social Events No Time for Religion Preventing Family Burnout
Balancing Activities with Time for Homework
4 Ongoing Management
Sibling Strategies
Avoiding Comparisons Between Children When Your Children Compete
Head-to-Head Twins or Multiples: Same Team? Following in the Footsteps
of a Sibling Star
Larger Families
Dealing with Your Child's Coach
Letting the Coaches Coach Dealing with a Problematic Situation
Improving Your Skills as Spectator
Sideline Dos and Don'ts
5 Dealing with Difficult Issues
Supporting Your Child After a Game or Performance
What to Say After a Tough Loss Keeping Winning in Perspective Stress
Effort, Not Performance Don't Push Too Hard Avoid Comparing Your Child
to Her Peers
Dealing with a Bad Sport
When Your Child Wants to Quit
Uncover the Heart of the Matter When Your Talented Child Wants to Quit
Dealing with Your Own Frustration
Addressing Reasons Your Child May Give for Quitting
Just Not having Fun Feels Incompetent or Untalented Feels
Underchallenged or Bored Struggling in the Opening Forays Bad Fit with
the Coach, Teacher, or Other Kids
Encouraging Your Child to Stick with It a While Longer
Making It a Family Policy Not to Quit
Times When Calling It Quits Makes Sense
The Process of Quitting Itself
Part II: Sports
6 General Sports Considerations
Ready for Organized Sports?
Specializing Early
Aiming for a College Scholarship to Defray Tuition The Possibility of a
Professional Sports Career Starting Early Often Means Burning Out Early
Choosing Subjectively vs. Objectively Judged Sports
Team vs. Individual Sports
Recreational vs. Elite Teams
Recreational Teams Playing Up with an Older Age Group Travel, Select,
or Elite Competitive Teams Elite Team Tryouts
Bench Warming
What to Do When Your Child Hates Sports
Need for Physical Exercise: The Culture of Obesity
Obesity in Children: Why You Should Be Concerned What's Causing the
Increased Obesity? Ways to Curtail Obesity in Your Child Role Modeling:
Be Physically Active Yourself
Considerations for Your Athletic Daughter
Title IX and Girls in Sports Today Tips to Avoid Gender Stereotyping
Same-Sex vs. Coed Sports Teams When Your Daughter Wants to Play on the
Boys' Team Girls Dropping Out of Sports Entirely Around Puberty
Sports for Your Special Needs Child
7 Choosing the Right Sport for Your Child
Kids Who Excel
General Sports Benefits
Physical Benefits of Exercise Psychological and Emotional Benefits &3149;
Social Benefits Mental Benefits and Educational Success
Finding the Right Coach for Your Child
Volunteer Coaches When You Have the Ability to Pick Signs of Great
Coaching Telltale Signs of Poor Coaching
Evaluating a Teacher
Coaching Your Own Child
Making the Decision Dealing with Other Parents
What to Look For in a Sports Program
Overall Safety and Injury Considerations
Proper Equipment Preventing Heatstroke, Dehydration, and Frostbite
Overuse Injuries Getting Ready for the Start of a New Season
Eating Disorders
Effects of Eating Disorders What to Watch Out For What to Do
Overall Cost Considerations
Budgeting Know-How Buying Equipment Ways to Save Money on Your Child's
Sports Expenses
8 Guide to Specific Sports
9 Other Physical Activities
Strength Training
Yoga
10 Sports Resources
Part III: Art and Performing Arts
11 General Music Considerations
General Benefits
Encouraging Musical Interest in Your Child
Choosing a Musical Instrument
How to Choose Physical Suitability, Your Child's Preferences It's
Okay to Switch
Group Play in Orchestras and Bands
Renting vs. Buying an Instrument
General Cost Considerations Types of Rental PlansInsurance Rental vs.
Purchase Cost
How to Choose a Music Teacher
Where Do I Begin the Search for a Teacher? Interviewing a Prospective
Teacher Education and Involvement Communicating with Your Child's
Teacher
Getting Your Child to Practice
Creating the Ideal Practice Environment Scheduling the Time Making
Practice Fun Improving Technical Aspects and Measuring Progress
12 Guide to Specific Instruments
Piano
Brass and Woodwind
Bassoon Clarinet Flute French Horn Oboe Recorder Saxophone
Trombone Trumpet Tuba and Euphonium
Stringed Instruments
Cello Double Bass Guitar Harp Viola Violin
Drums and Percussion Instruments
13 Voice Lessons and Group Singing
Overview
What to Expect in Voice Lessons
Why Your Child Doesn't Sound Perfect Yet Helping with Practice Helping
Your Child Take Care of Her Voice
Chorus and Choir
What to Look for in a Voice Teacher 537 Cost Considerations
14 Theater and the Performing Arts
Overview
Auditioning
Types of Performing Arts
Creative Drama and Improvisation (Improv) Theater Arts Musical Theater
15 Dance
Overview
Ballet
Other Popular Types of Dance
Ballroom Dancing Hip-Hop Irish Step Dancing Jazz Modern
Salsa/Latin Dance Tap
16 Art
Overview
Popular Types of Art Class
Animation/Cartooning Calligraphy Ceramics, Pottery, and Wheel-Working
Painting and Drawing Photography Sculpture Sewing, Quilting, and
Needlework Woodworking
17 Art and Performing Arts Resources
Music Theatre Dance Art
Part IV: Intellectual and Community Activities
18 Intellectual
Chess
Foreign Language Study
Odyssey of the Mind
19 Troops and Groups
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire USA
4-H
20 Resources for Intellectual and Community Activities
Chess Foreign Languages Odyssey of The Mind Troops and Groups
Part V: Conclusion
21 Final Thoughts
Remembering What Ultimately Counts
How Will This All Play Out? The Experimental Generation
What's to Be Done?
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Part I: Activity Mania
1 The Big Picture
The Demographics Say It All
Fear Underlying the Frenzy
Hard to Step Out of the Craze
Trickle-Down Theory: Children's Hectic Lives Reflect Our Own
What a Contrast to Our Childhood
Why the Activity Mania?
Impact of the Evolving Workforce and Working Moms No One Home to Play
With It's Not Safe Out There Cutbacks in Programs at Public Schools
Thinking Ahead to the Teenage Years
In a Culture of Overachievement, It's Hard to Keep Up with the Joneses
Parental Peer Pressure Fear of Being an Inadequate Parent The Push to
Excel Starting in the Womb Holding Your Child Back from Kindergarten
Looking Ahead: Thinking About College
Youth Sports and Activities Have Become Big Business
How This Book Can Help You Handle Activity Mania
2 How to Choose
Clarify What You Bring to the Table
Trying to Divine Your Child's Unique Potential Wanting the Best for Your
Child Don't Relive Your Own Childhood Your Child's Success as Reflected
Glory on You Valuing Your Child as a Human Being vs. a Human Doing Back
to the Basics: All About Having Fun
Deciding Among All the Tantalizing Possibilities
Think of Ages 4-10 as the Trial Years Helping Your Child Find the Right
Fit Matching Activities to Your Child's Physique The Role and Influence
of Your Child's Friends Pressure to Follow the "In-Crowd" Fear Your
Child Will Be Left Behind by Her Peers How Young Is Too Young?
Who Does the Choosing?
Following Your Child's Lead Prioritizing and Goal-Setting with Your Child
Insisting on Certain Non-Negotiable Activities
Limiting the Number of Simultaneous Activities
Your Child's Temperament and Energy Level How Much Is Too Much? Your
Active Child Wants Even More Activities Getting Your Resistant Child to
Try Something New
Consider the Logistics
Using Your Family Calendar Strategically Scheduling Strategies Activity
Bags and Equipment Food, Drinks, and Snacks
Assessing an After-School Program
3 The Need for Downtime
The Value of Doing Nothing
Making Time for Unstructured Play
Dealing with Declarations of Boredom How to Approach Downtime During
Summer Months
Not Enough Downtime: Warning Signs of Stress and Burnout
Limiting TV and Electronics: Passivity Central
Establishing Family Rules Computer and Electronic Games
Carving Out Time Together as a Family
The Erosion of the Family Dinner Set Aside Family Time Take Up Sports
and Hobbies as a Family Missing Games or Practices for Family Travel or
Social Events No Time for Religion Preventing Family Burnout
Balancing Activities with Time for Homework
4 Ongoing Management
Sibling Strategies
Avoiding Comparisons Between Children When Your Children Compete
Head-to-Head Twins or Multiples: Same Team? Following in the Footsteps
of a Sibling Star
Larger Families
Dealing with Your Child's Coach
Letting the Coaches Coach Dealing with a Problematic Situation
Improving Your Skills as Spectator
Sideline Dos and Don'ts
5 Dealing with Difficult Issues
Supporting Your Child After a Game or Performance
What to Say After a Tough Loss Keeping Winning in Perspective Stress
Effort, Not Performance Don't Push Too Hard Avoid Comparing Your Child
to Her Peers
Dealing with a Bad Sport
When Your Child Wants to Quit
Uncover the Heart of the Matter When Your Talented Child Wants to Quit
Dealing with Your Own Frustration
Addressing Reasons Your Child May Give for Quitting
Just Not having Fun Feels Incompetent or Untalented Feels
Underchallenged or Bored Struggling in the Opening Forays Bad Fit with
the Coach, Teacher, or Other Kids
Encouraging Your Child to Stick with It a While Longer
Making It a Family Policy Not to Quit
Times When Calling It Quits Makes Sense
The Process of Quitting Itself
Part II: Sports
6 General Sports Considerations
Ready for Organized Sports?
Specializing Early
Aiming for a College Scholarship to Defray Tuition The Possibility of a
Professional Sports Career Starting Early Often Means Burning Out Early
Choosing Subjectively vs. Objectively Judged Sports
Team vs. Individual Sports
Recreational vs. Elite Teams
Recreational Teams Playing Up with an Older Age Group Travel, Select,
or Elite Competitive Teams Elite Team Tryouts
Bench Warming
What to Do When Your Child Hates Sports
Need for Physical Exercise: The Culture of Obesity
Obesity in Children: Why You Should Be Concerned What's Causing the
Increased Obesity? Ways to Curtail Obesity in Your Child Role Modeling:
Be Physically Active Yourself
Considerations for Your Athletic Daughter
Title IX and Girls in Sports Today Tips to Avoid Gender Stereotyping
Same-Sex vs. Coed Sports Teams When Your Daughter Wants to Play on the
Boys' Team Girls Dropping Out of Sports Entirely Around Puberty
Sports for Your Special Needs Child
7 Choosing the Right Sport for Your Child
Kids Who Excel
General Sports Benefits
Physical Benefits of Exercise Psychological and Emotional Benefits &3149;
Social Benefits Mental Benefits and Educational Success
Finding the Right Coach for Your Child
Volunteer Coaches When You Have the Ability to Pick Signs of Great
Coaching Telltale Signs of Poor Coaching
Evaluating a Teacher
Coaching Your Own Child
Making the Decision Dealing with Other Parents
What to Look For in a Sports Program
Overall Safety and Injury Considerations
Proper Equipment Preventing Heatstroke, Dehydration, and Frostbite
Overuse Injuries Getting Ready for the Start of a New Season
Eating Disorders
Effects of Eating Disorders What to Watch Out For What to Do
Overall Cost Considerations
Budgeting Know-How Buying Equipment Ways to Save Money on Your Child's
Sports Expenses
8 Guide to Specific Sports
9 Other Physical Activities
Strength Training
Yoga
10 Sports Resources
Part III: Art and Performing Arts
11 General Music Considerations
General Benefits
Encouraging Musical Interest in Your Child
Choosing a Musical Instrument
How to Choose Physical Suitability, Your Child's Preferences It's
Okay to Switch
Group Play in Orchestras and Bands
Renting vs. Buying an Instrument
General Cost Considerations Types of Rental PlansInsurance Rental vs.
Purchase Cost
How to Choose a Music Teacher
Where Do I Begin the Search for a Teacher? Interviewing a Prospective
Teacher Education and Involvement Communicating with Your Child's
Teacher
Getting Your Child to Practice
Creating the Ideal Practice Environment Scheduling the Time Making
Practice Fun Improving Technical Aspects and Measuring Progress
12 Guide to Specific Instruments
Piano
Brass and Woodwind
Bassoon Clarinet Flute French Horn Oboe Recorder Saxophone
Trombone Trumpet Tuba and Euphonium
Stringed Instruments
Cello Double Bass Guitar Harp Viola Violin
Drums and Percussion Instruments
13 Voice Lessons and Group Singing
Overview
What to Expect in Voice Lessons
Why Your Child Doesn't Sound Perfect Yet Helping with Practice Helping
Your Child Take Care of Her Voice
Chorus and Choir
What to Look for in a Voice Teacher 537 Cost Considerations
14 Theater and the Performing Arts
Overview
Auditioning
Types of Performing Arts
Creative Drama and Improvisation (Improv) Theater Arts Musical Theater
15 Dance
Overview
Ballet
Other Popular Types of Dance
Ballroom Dancing Hip-Hop Irish Step Dancing Jazz Modern
Salsa/Latin Dance Tap
16 Art
Overview
Popular Types of Art Class
Animation/Cartooning Calligraphy Ceramics, Pottery, and Wheel-Working
Painting and Drawing Photography Sculpture Sewing, Quilting, and
Needlework Woodworking
17 Art and Performing Arts Resources
Music Theatre Dance Art
Part IV: Intellectual and Community Activities
18 Intellectual
Chess
Foreign Language Study
Odyssey of the Mind
19 Troops and Groups
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire USA
4-H
20 Resources for Intellectual and Community Activities
Chess Foreign Languages Odyssey of The Mind Troops and Groups
Part V: Conclusion
21 Final Thoughts
Remembering What Ultimately Counts
How Will This All Play Out? The Experimental Generation
What's to Be Done?
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author