Kids & Family
Episode 17 of the Sports Dad Hub Podcast welcomes author, award-winning television news anchor and hockey mom, Christie Casciano. Christie writes the popular monthly Hockey Mom column in USA Hockey Magazine. She's the author of two children's books The Puck Hog and The Puck Hog Volume 2: Haunted Hockey In Lake Placid, and one book for hockey parents My Kids Play Hockey: Essential Advice For Every Hockey Parent. On this episode Christie and I talk about: The hockey parent life Life lessons that come from playing hockeyOpportunities to bond with your kids created by hockey Travel hockey taking us to awesome parts of the country we wouldn't have thought to visitHow to handle the expenses of hockey How to avoid getting sucked into the sometimes ugly competitive dark side of youth hockeyMany of the topics and lessons we discuss can be applied to any sport, but hockey parents in particular will enjoy this epi. If you're kids' youth sports expenses continue to rise every season and you'd like some additional income to off set those costs, check out the ideal side hustle for busy sports parents. Click here to send me a DM on Facebook and just say "Side hustle." Once we're connected on Messenger I'll be able to send you some details to check out. This side hustle has really helped my wife with travel hockey expenses this past season. If it's a good fit for you, I'd love to help you launch your side hustle so that you can stop stressing about the rising expenses of youth sports.