Argumentative Essay On Competitive Sports
Millions of children all over the world are involved in competitive sports. This has resulted in many enthusiastically argued debates. Some claim that competitive sports teach children many important life lessons. Others may argue that sports can lead to not only physical damage, but also emotional damage. The reality of the situation is that competitive sports are inappropriate and unsuitable for children of adolescence or younger. First and foremost, sports can be physically and mentally damaging to students. In the text “Listening to Wisdom From a 10 Year Old Son About His Head Injury” by Adam Buckley Cohen, it states, “He’d read Troy Aikman’s account of being unable to remember a Super Bowl victory. He knew that Steve Young had retired
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This piece of text evidence shows us that competitive sports inevitably lead to damage. For example, because of concussions and severe head injuries, a famous football player has been unable to remember a largely significant event such as winning the Superbowl - I mean, something like that is kind of hard to forget. Competitive sports can also be emotionally damaging to students. (competitive sports: are they a good or bad thing) In an article by Sports Performance Consultant Dr. Alan Goldberg, he claims, “Coaches and parents, who have lost their perspective of the game and don’t really understand the true purpose of youth sports, end up turning the game and competition into a pressure-filled nightmare for kids” (Goldberg paragraph 7). Kids crack under pressure and there is no avoiding that issue. A parent or coach does not have the right to push a child to their breaking point - in many ways that can be considered emotional abuse. In another article called “Why I Don’t Want My Kids to Play Team Sports” by Jeff Pearlman, it states, “ Then, without fail, my brother walked to the bench, sat down and remained there—completely ignored—for three quarters. Immediately before the final period …show more content…
Part of the reason many parents may push their children so hard on sports is because they, the parents, use their children as a way to fulfill dreams they couldn’t fulfill as children. An article by DailMail.com states, “pushy parents who go to great lengths to make their children succeed are attempting to make up for their own failed dreams, researchers have confirmed” (DailMail paragraph 2). It also states, in another article, that “‘the child's achievements may come to function as a surrogate for parents' own unfulfilled ambitions,’ said study researcher Eddie Brummelman, a doctoral psychology student at Utrecht University in the Netherlands” (Pappas paragraph 3). An article by Everyday Health claims that “psychologists have long suspected that some parents try to fulfill their unfulfilled achievements through their kids, and now a study confirms it” (Everyday Health paragraph 1). These multiple pieces of evidence can lead us to the conclusion that millions of parents are chasing lost dreams through their children. Just because an adult worked hard for something that never happened does not automatically give that person the right to push their child to do something that is
This piece of text evidence shows us that competitive sports inevitably lead to damage. For example, because of concussions and severe head injuries, a famous football player has been unable to remember a largely significant event such as winning the Superbowl - I mean, something like that is kind of hard to forget. Competitive sports can also be emotionally damaging to students. (competitive sports: are they a good or bad thing) In an article by Sports Performance Consultant Dr. Alan Goldberg, he claims, “Coaches and parents, who have lost their perspective of the game and don’t really understand the true purpose of youth sports, end up turning the game and competition into a pressure-filled nightmare for kids” (Goldberg paragraph 7). Kids crack under pressure and there is no avoiding that issue. A parent or coach does not have the right to push a child to their breaking point - in many ways that can be considered emotional abuse. In another article called “Why I Don’t Want My Kids to Play Team Sports” by Jeff Pearlman, it states, “ Then, without fail, my brother walked to the bench, sat down and remained there—completely ignored—for three quarters. Immediately before the final period …show more content…
Part of the reason many parents may push their children so hard on sports is because they, the parents, use their children as a way to fulfill dreams they couldn’t fulfill as children. An article by DailMail.com states, “pushy parents who go to great lengths to make their children succeed are attempting to make up for their own failed dreams, researchers have confirmed” (DailMail paragraph 2). It also states, in another article, that “‘the child's achievements may come to function as a surrogate for parents' own unfulfilled ambitions,’ said study researcher Eddie Brummelman, a doctoral psychology student at Utrecht University in the Netherlands” (Pappas paragraph 3). An article by Everyday Health claims that “psychologists have long suspected that some parents try to fulfill their unfulfilled achievements through their kids, and now a study confirms it” (Everyday Health paragraph 1). These multiple pieces of evidence can lead us to the conclusion that millions of parents are chasing lost dreams through their children. Just because an adult worked hard for something that never happened does not automatically give that person the right to push their child to do something that is