From travel sports teams to competitive dance, elite kids’ activities and their impact on family life often get a bad rap. In this month’s Voices interview episode Meagan chats with Kelly Rippon, author of Parent Up: Inspire Your Child To Be Their Best Self and mother of former US champion figure skater Adam Rippon. Kelly shares a much more encouraging side of being an “opportunity creator” for your kids, including her unique perspective as a single mom of many now-grown kids, all of whom were accomplished and active in extracurriculars. Enjoy!

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Links we mentioned (or should have) in this episode:
Buy Kelly’s book Parent Up: Inspire Your Child To Be Their Best Self (Bookshop.org affiliate link)
Learn more about Kelly’s Parent Up workshops and more on her website
Kelly’s Instagram
Adam’s Instagram
Listen to our episode on Managing Kids’ Extracurriculars