S2 Ep7: Former Pirates manager Clint Hurdle shares what coaching teaches us about parenting. Listen here.

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Baseball-loving Pittsburgh parents know Clint Hurdle from his years as a major league player and manager, including for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He’s also a father of two young adult kids and a published author: The wisdom that Hurdle once shared with his players is now being shared publicly through his inspirational emails and his new book, “Hurdle-isms: Wit and Wisdom from a Lifetime of Baseball.”

Kidsburgh Podcast co-hosts Melissa Rayworth and Kristine Sorensen talked with Clint in the latest episode of our second season. We spoke about many things, including:

• the power of taking a positive approach with kids, even when their behavior isn’t great (“Try and find ways to encourage and acknowledge the good stuff. Because when you can feed the good stuff, they have a chance of picking up on that and saying, OK, my parents like that. Let me do some more of that,” Hurdle said. “So let’s be that rudder or that sail of positivity in their life.”)
• offering kids a vision of where hard work can take them and how the whole family can work together toward goals
• and even what this sports professional learned about being a truly good sports parent.

Catch that interview, along with info about behind-the-scenes tours at PNC Park and insight from our Tea with Teens team, on this episode of the Kidsburgh podcast:

S2 Ep7: PNC Park, Clint Hurdle on coaching and parenting, and teens share who encourages them

This week on the Kidsburgh podcast, join hosts Melissa Rayworth, Kristine Sorensen and Yu-Ling Cheng as they talk with Clint Hurdle, former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, about how to build encouraging relationships with kids and much more. Also, the Tea With Teens reporters talk with fellow high schoolers about the people that encourage them. And learn how to catch a glimpse behind the scenes at PNC Park with a stadium tour.

Links: PNC Park Tours, Hurdle-isms 

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Our podcast is hosted by the Kidsburgh team — Kristine Sorensen, Melissa Rayworth and Yu-Ling Cheng — and recorded by SLB Radio Productions. Get all the details here.

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