Years ago a friend and I (both childhood/high school and college athletes) marched on Washington in a pro-choice march. There were a group of college girls (this was in 2004) whose protest chant went something like this:
Who are we?
We are the youth!
What kind of youth?
The pro-choice you!
What do we want?
Our rights!
What kind of rights?
Reproductive rights!
Etc, etc, etc…
I turned to my friend and said, “If you let me play sports I’ll know how to chant effectively at protest marches”
How do little girls who take violin lessons rate on all of those parameters from the first ad? I expect even better (except maybe for breast cancer). Maybe all little girls need violin lessons?
Any time a family is organized enough to get a child to a particular activity or event once a week (or even something like a family dinner at home), that child is going to have better than average outcomes. The activity itself is almost irrelevant.
Agreed Amy – that’s like “family dinner at home” as a variable standing in for a whole host of highly functioning family characteristics that help keep kids and teens on track.
Years ago a friend and I (both childhood/high school and college athletes) marched on Washington in a pro-choice march. There were a group of college girls (this was in 2004) whose protest chant went something like this:
Who are we?
We are the youth!
What kind of youth?
The pro-choice you!
What do we want?
Our rights!
What kind of rights?
Reproductive rights!
Etc, etc, etc…
I turned to my friend and said, “If you let me play sports I’ll know how to chant effectively at protest marches”
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How do little girls who take violin lessons rate on all of those parameters from the first ad? I expect even better (except maybe for breast cancer). Maybe all little girls need violin lessons?
Any time a family is organized enough to get a child to a particular activity or event once a week (or even something like a family dinner at home), that child is going to have better than average outcomes. The activity itself is almost irrelevant.
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Agreed Amy – that’s like “family dinner at home” as a variable standing in for a whole host of highly functioning family characteristics that help keep kids and teens on track.
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