Sport provides opportunities for children and youth to engage in valuable and positive relationships with adults, which is especially important when such benefits are not available at home. Thus, it is a missed opportunity for children who are “gated”—or not included in sport—during early stages of childhood because they are less well behaved than other children. These children are being prevented from participating in the very thing that could help them learn to control and regulate their behavior.38 Sport provides an opportunity for children to safely navigate and negotiate between right and wrong as they learn to interact with peers and adults.39 Research by Taliaferro et al.40 suggests that playing sport can even protect against suicide risk in youth. Compared to nonathletes, male athletes exhibit lower levels of hopelessness and suicidal ideation. Young males involved in multiple sports seem to garner even more protection in this regard. Similar results were found for girls. Research on the role of exercise in adults confirms that it improves mood and alleviates many forms of depression.41 Bartko and Eccles42 found that youth who are highly involved in sport are more “psychologically resilient,” that is, better able to recover from problems. Eccles et al.43 found that sport participation protects young athletes against social isolation.