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What Your Athlete Probably Isn’t Telling You

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Is Your Student Athlete the Golden Child? What is a golden child? According to Dr. Adrian Hickmon, “This child is the one who is excelling in their school achievements and/or their social connections and so on. From a systemic perspective, there is a sort of unconscious effort to balance the ‘Family Boat’ and counterbalance the … Read more

The Student-Athlete and the Struggles They Face

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In the United States, it is estimated that over 50% of high school students play sports. The student-athlete is one of the most common American norms there is. Even so, an often overlooked aspect of the prevalence of student-athletes is the effect that being a student-athlete has on a young man’s development, and how some … Read more