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  2. 160. How can sports help kids heal, grow, and thrive? with Founder of The Center for Healing and Justice Through Sports, Megan Bartlett

Jul 24, 2024

Nearly 30 million U.S. children and teens participate in some form of organized sports. While sports have physical health benefits for kids, they can also benefit their mental, emotional, and social health. 

How can sports help kids heal, grow, and thrive? Why is it essential to provide kids with high-quality, healing sports?  And what can parents and schools do to ensure a healthy sports environment for their students?  

In this episode, Megan Bartlett joins Kevin to share how sports can help kids heal, grow, and thrive.

Meet Megan:

Megan Bartlett is the founder of The Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport, a national nonprofit working to ensure more young people and athletes have access to sports experiences that are healing-centered, inclusive, and address issues of systemic injustice.

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