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Sports Parents: Let Kids Be Kids

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In response to a question about advice for sports parents, Marion Jones -- who coaches track and field, cross country and football at Houston's St. Vincent de Paul School -- urges parents to let their kids be kids, rather than defining them by a single sport. "Give them an opportunity to go out and develop their whole being....Let them have a voice. Let them advocate for themselves."

This video was shot as part of a panel discussion among winners of PCA's Double-Goach Coach® Award Presented by TeamSnap at PCA's 14th Annual National Youth Sports Awards Dinner and Auction Sponsored by Deloitte. The panel moderator was two-time World Cup Soccer Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Julie Foudy (@JulieFoudy), a PCA National Advisory Board Member.