Dare to Care: Bully Prevention in Sports

Dare to Care: Bully Prevention in Sports Help us in sport through education, awareness and by empowering a

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You’re their number one fan! Make sure they know it! 📣What are your favorite ways to show your young athletes that you’r...
08/05/2026

You’re their number one fan! Make sure they know it! 📣

What are your favorite ways to show your young athletes that you’re always in their corner?

Look through the options below: Which reflection question resonates most with you today?

1) Whose experience is this? Mine or theirs?
Do I know what matters most to them today? Am I treating them like a growing kid or an elite athlete? Keep the focus entirely on your child's journey, joy, and individual age-appropriate development rather than expectations, or comparisons.

2) Am I parenting or trying to coach?
Am I giving technical advice, or am I providing encouragement? Stay in your lane as a source of unconditional love, leaving tactical advice to the coach and officiating to the referee.

3) What is my body and voice communicating right now?
Is my behaviour making my child's experience better or worse? Would I be proud if my child heard everything I said today? Ensure your visible and audible cues project calmness, joy, and unwavering support regardless of the scoreboard or mistakes.

4)Do they feel valued for who they are, not how they perform?
Am I watching with love or expectations? Do they feel seen by me even when they make mistakes? Is their value tied to their performance? Separate your child's self-worth from their stats, wins, or errors on the field.

5) What energy am I bringing to the ride home?
Am I helping them love the game or resent it? Protect their long-term love for the game and ensure the car ride remains a safe, positive space. Ask them at the beginning of the season when and how they would like to talk about their game. Make them part of the process!

Which one is your favorite? Drop a comment below!

08/05/2026

Sports leave a lasting footprint.

When your athletes look back on their journey years from now, what do you hope stays with them forever?

A) Feeling accepted and valued by their team
B) Learning what it means to be a reliable, supportive teammate
C) The character built by overcoming failure
D) The lifelong friendships made along the way
E) Having a coach who believed in their potential

Tell us which one matters most to you in the comments!
Help set your athletes up for success both on and off the field.

✨️ Book a Dare to Care workshop this fall to foster a strong sense of belonging and build a safe, supportive team culture. DM for info & promo!

07/31/2026

We asked our team what means to them!

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What does it mean to you? Answer in the comments!

For our bilingual followers, what would be a good French equivalent?

07/27/2026

What are you leaving behind this year?

07/24/2026

Empathy Part 4: Empathy and Masculinity

When did kindness stop being masculine?

One of the saddest lessons many boys learn growing up is this: if you're too kind, too gentle, too emotional, or too caring, people will start questioning your masculinity.

Yet, those are the exact qualities that make great teammates, great coaches, and great men.

Maybe one of the most important things we can do for our communities is to teach boys that they never have to choose between being strong and being kind.

3 shifts you can bring to your teaching or coaching to build up your players' and students' self-esteem: 1. Shift from P...
07/23/2026

3 shifts you can bring to your teaching or coaching to build up your players' and students' self-esteem:

1. Shift from Praise to Description 🔍

Why it works: It teaches them to value their work ethic over innate traits, building an internal sense of capability.

2. Create "Low-Stakes" Leadership đź“‹

Why it works: It sends a clear message: Our classroom functions better because you are in it.

3. De-stigmatize mistakes 🛑

Creating a safe, inclusive culture isn’t about making sure kids never fail, it’s about making sure they know a failure doesn’t change their worth.

👉 You know other ways to build up self-esteem? Let’s swap ideas in the comments.

07/21/2026

Empathy Part 3: The Bullying & Empathy Myth

One of the biggest myths about bullying is that the person doing it simply lacks empathy.

In reality? Most of them do feel it. They know when someone is hurt.

The real breakdown happens because sitting with guilt is uncomfortable. To avoid that feeling, they learn to silence their empathy with excuses.

Suddenly, the behaviour becomes the target’s fault instead of the bully's responsibility.

But no one is born a bully—these patterns are learned. That’s why true bullying prevention isn’t about fixing one person. It’s about changing the culture, holding people accountable, and creating environments where harmful behaviour struggles to survive and healthier ways to resolve conflicts are promoted.

***Application now closed*** Thank you to everyone that applied. We've garnered amazing candidatures, and are super exci...
07/20/2026

***Application now closed***

Thank you to everyone that applied. We've garnered amazing candidatures, and are super excited to see our team grow!

đź“Ł New Opportunity: Sport Program Specialist

Dare to Care is looking for a passionate sport leader to join our team as a Sport Program Specialist. This is an opportunity for someone who understands the power of sport and believes every athlete, coach, and parent deserves to be part of an environment built on respect, inclusion, and belonging. Whether through your experience as an athlete, coach, official, administrator, or volunteer, you have seen firsthand the impact sport can have — and you believe we have a responsibility to make it better.

In this role, you will represent Dare to Care across Canada by delivering engaging workshops, building meaningful relationships with sport organizations, and helping communities prevent bullying and create safer sport environments. We are looking for someone who is a confident public speaker, experienced facilitator, and connected member of the sport community — someone who can inspire young athletes, challenge coaches and leaders, and help move the Safe Sport movement forward. If you are passionate about using education and connection to create lasting change in sport, we want to hear from you.

Join us in building a future where every person can thrive in life, learning, and play!

07/17/2026

Empathy Part 2 : Empathy vs. Accountability

Sometimes, when we're really empathetic, we become so good at understanding why someone behaves a certain way...
And while it may help explain someone's behaviour, it don't excuse it.

Empathy is meant to help us understand people more clearly.

Not ignore harmful patterns or justify the way we're being treated.

Only one month remains to match your generosity! đź‘‹Through the Birdies for Kids program, every dollar you donate to us i...
07/16/2026

Only one month remains to match your generosity! đź‘‹

Through the Birdies for Kids program, every dollar you donate to us is matched up to 50%. There’s no better time to maximize your support.
Help us keep driving out bullying!

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