Do you want to be a supportive parent to your aspiring athlete? Are you eager to help your child achieve their potential in sports, but are wary of the psychic costs? Author Linda Flanagan will moderate a discussion with collegiate athletes Katie McCafferty Rathbun and Andrew Garstka, along with New Providence High School Student Assistance Counselor David Chango, on how families can best navigate competitive youth sports.

Linda Flanagan 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 The Atlantic, Runner’s World, and on NPR’s education site MindShift, where she is a regular contributor. A mother of three and a lifelong athlete, Flanagan lives in New Jersey.