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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Abbi Henderson

As a Parenting Expert, Here’s How I Encourage Children to Build a Healthy Relationship With Movement

Young girls playing a variety of different sports: football, rollerblading, basketball, rock climbing and swimming.

At least once a year, my dad likes to jokingly remind me that, had I not had a meltdown on a tennis court in a Tenerife resort at age three, I might’ve made it big as a child model.

Instead, as a patient photographer tried to capture a shot of little me poised to hit a perfect forehand, I yelled, “BUT I CAN’T PLAY TENNIS”, between fat sobs.

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