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Is Now the Time for Your Child to Focus on One Sport? 🎾 (+ Spring Break Photo Hack & The Solar Eclipse 🕶️☀️)

Is early sports focus a win or a wipeout? Get the lowdown (and high fives!) in our Parent Chat.

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Lakshmi Jayanthi
April 04, 2024

Is Now the Time for Your Child to Focus on One Sport? 🎾⚾

Finding the Sweet Spot for Your Young Athlete

(Plus: Spring Break Photo Hack 📷 & Safe Ways to Watch The Solar Eclipse 🕶️)

Hello and welcome to The Parenting Pitch by Pickup Sports!

The Parenting Pitch is a newsletter for laid-back parents navigating the elementary and middle school years. Enjoy doses of humor, easygoing advice, and simple hacks to help your children grow, learn, and thrive—without the stress.

Feeling like your kid's juggling more balls than a circus clown? ‍ (We get it – soccer practice one day, baseball tryouts the next!) This week's newsletter tackles the ever-present question: Should My Mini-Messi Focus on One Sport?

Mark Your Calendars! ️

Join our free upcoming Parent Chat on Wednesday, April 10th at 12:30 PM EST for a deep dive into the world of youth sports specialization. We'll have renowned Sports Medicine expert, Dr. Jayanthi, on deck to dish the data-backed dirt on the pros and cons of early sports specialization.

Here's what you WON'T want to miss:

  • Is It Time For Your Child To Be a One-Sport Wonder? Unraveling the complex decision with research you can actually use.

  • Balancing Act: Mastering the juggling act of sports, school, and sanity for the entire family.

  • Ask Away! Firing away all your burning questions to our expert panel. Is it time to specialize? How do I support their dreams? Bring it on!

    Limited spots available to keep this an intimate discussion.

Spring Break Photo Hack: From Chaos to Calm in 10 Minutes Flat!

Ever look at your phone full of 12 million photos, half of which are of the top half of a head, taken by a 7-year-old? Or is that just me?

With all the pics we took over Spring Break, this is fresh on my mind, so I wanted to share my 3 tips for managing our phone photo chaos!

Tip 1: Use a phone photo cleaner

I’ve loved using Clean My Phone (formerly Gemini Photos) for my iPhone. It scans your photos for duplicates and blurred photos and asks you if you want to delete it. There’s something super satisfying about hitting the “delete” button on images that have lingered in your phone for years!

Tip 2: Make albums

One for each kid, each vacation, school events, to-do’s, home decor inspiration, family photos, whatever makes sense! My favorite current album is “Print worthy” where I immediately add pictures I may want to print one day … you know, when I get to it!

Tip 3: Set a sorting routine

Once a week - sort through the last week’s photos and delete useless screenshots, duplicates and blurs and click the “heart” to favorite the ones you love; Once a month - categorize into your albums and back up amazing photos; Once a year - use your albums to create gifts or yearly memory books.

How to safely watch the solar eclipse with kids. And our pick for the safest glasses!

The Total Solar Eclipse is coming to America on Monday April 8th. The next one won’t happen for 21 years, so make sure you’re ready for this day! My kids are scheduled to on the school bus home at the time of the eclipse so it may be a “check them out early” day around here! 😀

✔️ Use certified eclipse glasses (ISO 12312-2). Buy them here!

✔️ Ensure you & your kids are wearing solar glasses.

✔️ Wear sunscreen & a hat/cap.

✖️ Don’t look directly at the sun ☀️

✖️ Don’t use regular sunglasses (even dark ones!)

✖️ Don’t use a telescope, binoculars, or camera without a proper solar filter

💡 If you can’t make it outdoors, watch NASA’s live stream!