227: Understanding the Pressure of Parenting and Playing Sports Today

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our Guest: Linda Flanagan<br /></span></p> <p><strong>LINDA FLANAGAN</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is a freelance journalist, researcher, and former cross-country and track coach. A graduate of Lehigh University, Flanagan holds master’s degrees from Oxford University and the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and was an analyst for the National Security Program at Harvard University. She is a founding board member of the New York City chapter of the Positive Coaching Alliance and a 2020–21 advisory group member for the Aspen Institute’s Reimagining School Sports initiative, and her writing on sports has appeared in</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Atlantic</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Runner’s World</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and on NPR’s education site MindShift, where she is a regular contributor.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/LindaFlanagan2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://twitter.com/LindaFlanagan2</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/3CyTvhB" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Link to Book on Amazon</a></p>