Yesterday, I wrote about how organized youth sports contribute to childhood obesity. But they also hurt our kids in other ways. When kids organically assemble in the backyard to play games, there are rarely adults around. (Or, if they’re around, they’re not really paying attention.) And when kids are left to their own devices, they have to self-organized, and self-police. They create the games, which means also creating and enforcing the rules. When there are questions or disputes, there are no adults around to mediate. It’s up to the kids to police themselves. In absence of adults, they’ll have…

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