Tag: physical activity
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You make it fun
Yesterday I wrote about the idea of your co-participation being important to kids actively engaged in sport. But it is because you can make it fun. When you play alongside the kids, you can set the vibes. You can model the rules for safe game play. You can move the energy from this is boring…
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You can’t just sit on the bench yourself
I have been looking into some of the background that could explain studies showing fathers as more influential on their children’s physical activity than mothers. I won’t say that I found the answer exactly, but maybe one piece. Coparticipation. When Zahra et al (2015) interviewed British families about their children’s physical activity, mothers brought up…
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What is it about fathers?
Multiple studies have found associations between father’s physical activity and daughter’s physical activity. I remember one study in particular, from Isgor et al (2013) that found this association for fathers and daughters, but not the same for mothers. I wonder why that is. There are many possible reasons, which would all be conjecture at this…
The Sideline Fix 