One reason kids should not play competitive sports is because of the stress it causes and it would not leave time to do their homework and academic activities. According to Psychology Today, “...sport setting is capable to of producing high levels of stress for many of the 68 million youngsters who play sports in the United States”(Smoll 2014). As you can see, there are a lot of kids who are suffering from high levels of stress because of competitive sports. The stress from contact sports can cause kids to make kids do drastic things. Children can take steroids to increase their performance or end up killing themselves if their parents are pressuring them. When kids have stress right before a game, there performance is affected. Children who
