Youth sports are broken. Reality TV and Kim Kardashian are cashing in.

The conversation about youth sports has made it to reality TV.

On Instagram and TikTok, in national magazines and at the drop-off and pickup lines, parents are locked into debates about the value of youth sports in America.

Does joining the local T-ball team still give kids and families the teamwork, athletic skills, friendships, community and physical activity it did back in the '90s? Who can afford the outrageous costs of equipment, teams and travel that have accrued, especially as private equity companies have taken over the industry? Is it too competitive? Are kids getting too injured? Does "specialization" matter? How many of these kids are going to go pro, anyway?

And now you can think about all those hard questions while also watching the most extreme version of this world on Paramount+.

Produced by Kim Kardashian, "Team Moms: Baseball" (now streaming) is a new reality series in the style of "Dance Moms" and "Toddlers & Tiaras" − a focused look at the micro-culture of ultra-competitive youth baseball and the rich, dramatic and cat-fighting parents of the boys training like they're already in the MLB.

"Team Moms" is unremarkable as a TV show. Its characters, a collection of parents of…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/entertainment/