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Insight

Are we pushing our kids too far?

Dr Graham Paterson talks to Kathryn Ryan on National Radio about kids sport, and why he believes the gruelling regimes for individual sports are too much.

Many parents and sports coaches are pushing sporty New Zealand kids too hard and putting them at risk of life-long injuries and burnout. Some pre-teens and teenagers are hot-housed in sport to the extent that they are receiving injuries that will cause problems for life, injuries that with more care could easily have been avoided.

Click here to listen to the full radio interview.