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?” The study adds to the discussion about the commodification of childhood and the dialog on discourses of children in the field of childhood sociology. This discussion has implications for how we frame both children and sport. Locally, the study contributes with novel empirical findings about

, professional athletes, and other followers. Nonetheless, a minority of social media commenters questioned how Love could worry and feel depressed when he makes millions of dollars playing basketball ( Parrott et al., 2020 ). Athletes are not immune to the myth. Elite athletes often train from childhood to

latest count to the time the video was shot was over 500 gymnasts, including many well-known Olympians. These are women who saw their childhoods, transitions to adulthood, and womanhood permanently altered by the actions of Nassar and the negligence of former USA Gymnastics President Penny and former USA

United Kingdom, and Germany, physical activities are more encouraged from childhood, which I think is because they recognize many benefits of sports. Cho : You have written many articles about the Olympics and World Cups. Do you have any opinion on hosting a joint Olympics by the South and North Koreas

case study for the class he was envisioning, which he has now been teaching for a decade. Ben, coincidentally, spent most of his childhood in Laie, Hawaii—literally right down the street from Manti Te’o’s family. The Te’o hoax started dominating office-hour conversations that probably should have been

has grappled with mental health challenges since childhood. The authors elucidate how media interactions, particularly with journalists, can aid individuals like Moses and extend support to athletes and the general population facing similar issues. The chapter also underscores the efficacy of social

parents of athletes often communicate that their child needs to recover from injury and return to competition as quickly as possible ( Podlog et al., 2012 ). Some parents voice the opinion that childhood injuries are an opportunity to learn toughness, or even build character ( Lewis et al., 2004 ), which

tendency to use fantasy in both childhood and as adults ( Gleason, et al., 2003 ). Given the range of media personae (from actual to imagined) that can stir PSI, there is some conceptual crossover here with imaginary companions. Games and Game Play Games involve the pursuit of specific objectives within a

: Dead Iron Man’s Society , which introduces readers to the vivid, but previously unheard, lives and stories of sporting heroes. Cho : Please tell how did you grow up? (Profile, etc.) Jeong : Since childhood, I’ve had a love for sports and harbored a desire to become an athlete, but that dream didn