Concerted Cultivation Means For Children

In “Children Need to Play, Not Compete,” Jessica Statsky argues that younger children should not be involved in overly competitive sports. Statsky wrote that organized competitive sports were to the disadvantage of children both physically and psychologically. In youth athletics, some parents and coaches put their own dreams in front of their children 's’ well-being by stressing winning. Statsky concludes “all organized sports activities” to be remade as a more enjoyable game regardless of each athlete’s ability and athleticism. The author states many issues that kids have when they are forced to play a sport just to win or that they don’t enjoy. Some kids just don 't enjoy sports, but their parents force it on them. Certain organized sports programs promote winning over physical skills and self-esteem. Statsky brings up valid points that early childhood shouldn’t involve intense physical competition, which is associated with the risk of injury to the body and mind.

For example, when the Asbury Park Press wrote about helicopter parents ( which falls under concerted cultivation), they pointed out how constantly trying to micromanage everything “can stunt a child’s development when it comes to making their own decisions and not allow them to learn from their mistakes (Media 1).” On the other hand, accomplishment of natural growth has a lot more drawbacks than benefits. Since these types of parents leave their children to be more independent, “these children tend to lack self-control, have low self-esteem and are less competent than their peers ( Cherry 1)”. Having these types of traits will make becoming successful much harder than for a child raised in concerted cultivation. Another distangante is how in contrast to concerted cultivation, the children raised based on accomplishment of natural growth don’t really see themselves as worthy of the attention and interest from adults. In order to be successful, people need to have the confidence to believe in themselves and persuade others to believe and trust in

Each year in the United States, more than 36 million school-aged children participate in an “organized sport” (“Youth Sports Statistics”). Especially over the past few years, many studies have proved or disproved the idea that sports are beneficial for young kids. Those studies have found that youth sports have both positive and negative effects on young children, and research shows parents and coaches have the greatest effect on a child’s experience.

Jessica Statsky, in her essay, “Children need to Play, Not Compete” attempts to refute the common belief that organized sports are good for children. She sees organized sports not as healthy pass-times for children, but as onerous tasks that children do not truly enjoy. She also notes that not only are organized sports not enjoyable for children, they may cause irreparable harm to the children, both emotionally and physically. In her thesis statement, Statsky states, “When overzealous parents and coaches impose adult standards on children's sports, the result can be activities that are neither satisfying nor beneficial to children” (627). While this statement is strong, her defense of it is weak.

Many youth sports are part of community organized after-school programs. There are many different types of these programs such as T-Ball, Little League Baseball, Pop Warner Football, soccer, martial arts, cheerleading, and so forth. “There are over 40 million youth participating in organized sports, and both girls and boys have a dazzling array of choices and can play a sport year round” (Le Menestrel and Perkins 13). Communities use youth sport as an outlet to encourage social activity, a healthy lifestyle, and skill development for that particular sport. For example, “Participation in organized sports can provide opportunities for youth to learn more about specific skills and exercises associated with a particular sport” (Perkins and Noam 76). These programs offer opportunities to boost skills and connect positively with others. Without these activities, parents will have to find another developmental setting that may not give similar or beneficial outcomes as those of organized youth sport. Studies found that, “Sports

“See you a practice!” is a phrase that most people will say to their friends throughout childhood. Thirty-six million children in the United States play a sport. That is over half the children in the United States. However, even with that statistic, some children are still inside all day watching television or playing video games. Many parents do not enroll their children in a sport because they believe it will result in injury, or the child is going to feel left out. Some even believe that their child will be looked down upon if they are not as good as everyone else. They believe that if the child has more time on schoolwork it will raise their grades. But most children love to play outside and learn new sports. It is a part of a child’s nature to run around and have fun. Only some parents realize that children who play a sport can have more discipline than those who don’t. Sports can also give children experience working with others as a team as well as confidence in themselves. Children and teens who play sports are more likely to have higher confidence, be more disciplined, and work better with others.

In today's society, as well as in the past, it's easy for kids and young adults to be consumed by sports and athletics and it's even easier for those kids and young adults consumed by sports and athletics to stray away from their education, this creates a difficult situation for the parents who are trying to support their kids in there sports as well as persuading their kids to concentrate on their education over sports. Responding to the fact that Ted, Theodore Roosevelt's son, is asking his father to intervene due to the fact that he didn’t make varsity, Theodore Roosevelt, the president of the United States at the time, discusses the need for Ted to focus more on academics rather than sports. By contrasting himself to his son, conceding and refuting his own argument, and using historical examples, he convinces his son, Ted, to concentrate more on his education rather than sports.

My parents mainly wanted me to interact with the other kids during that stage in my life I did not talk much. Consequently, their plans did not work out, but then I wound up leaving for another church that was closer in distance. Then my parent puts us in the girl scouts, so we could interact with kids out own and my father wanted us to learn about leadership at an early age. Before they discontinued the Girl Scout’s in my community, I wound up traveling to with them and went to the museum of the founder of the girl scouts and I stayed with the troop until I was 10 years old. Another discourse community I joined was the children’s praise dance team and choir at the age of 7 years old. There were two reasons why I joined these communities. First reason, my parents suggested to be involved in some activities. And the second reason, a hefty portion of my family had some type of Fine art background; meaning they are very gifted and most of them made a career out of it. I wanted to find out if any of these activities were going to suit my interests, but a few years later I wound up quitting the dance team. Let’s just say it was not my cup of tea. Later, when I turned 10 years old I joined my school choir, hoping that I would at least get better, and the following year I joined my school band. But after a few years, I rounded up not joining the choir in high school

In the essay, “Children Need to Play, Not Compete” Jessica Statsky puts an argument on how competitive sports activities for children between the age of six and twelve can leave a negative impact on their well-being; both physically and psychologically. She mainly focuses on the damage that occurs due to the involvement in non-contact as well as contact sports, at every level from local to that organized nationally.

In light of Jessica Statsky’s book ‘Children need to play, not compete’, she argued that, with the vivid increase of sporting competition lately in the United States, children have been exposed to the adults hard and rigorous training by devoted parents and coaches at their tender age making a game that is supposed to be fun and joy look hectic and strenuous to them due to the standard of training they are made to go through and also the belief that they must always win thereby making them lose the spirit of sportsmanship, and neither gaining satisfaction nor benefiting from them. In as much as sports are good for physical, mental and emotional growth, it should be organized in a manner that the youths will enjoy the game at the end of it rather than the fear of being hurt or defeated by the other competitors.

The real joy of youth sports comes from playing alongside with your friends, not from bias and critical parents. That’s why the call for the “De-organization” of youth sport are on a raise, athletic activities should resemble entertaining pick-up games. Also, children would be provided a safe playing environment, but would be allowed to manage their own games and, as a result, begin to develop those personal skills organization, conflict resolution, leadership, and

I was never the three sport athlete with a 4.0 GPA living on a farm that everyone seems to idealize about a boy from a small town. I did not play football, but I loved observing the crowd’s reactions to the teams. I did not live or work on a farm, but I was fascinated with agriculture and how pesticides interacted with crops. I did not enjoy gym class until we talked about muscles. While this small-town Americana offers comfort and a sense of completeness to many, I felt myself drawn towards other things even from an early age. Science class, English class, and really any class was captivating- they still are. During my early days in the Boy Scouts of America, my love of reading transitioned to a love of stories in general as I became exposed to people from all across the country each with stories to share and lessons to impart. So here are some stories about me.

Socialization is very important in society and in the development of a child’s personality. Socialization is very vital to the success that a person hopes to accomplish in life. One must learn how to work with others and effectively communicate with others. This characteristics are very essential in life. Through sports many find that these concepts can be learn. It is preferred that these skills are acquired at a young age. If these skills can be learned through sport it makes sense that a parent would put a child in these at such a young age. Sports also give the very important benefit of better health. I will closely examine both the pros and cons of socialization of children through sport at a young age from a functionalist and

Youth participation in sport has become increasingly popular as time progresses, whether it is in an organized fashion (sports teams) or unorganized (playing outside at recess). There is “approximately forty-four million girls and boys currently [participating] in organized youth sport programs across the United States” (Albrecht, 2010) and that number is probably only higher today. That is not even accounting for all the children that get together with their friends and head to a local park to play a game of touch football or their time at recess during the school day. Both unorganized play and organized sports are important for children to participate in because it allows them to grow as human beings by developing character

Sports have become extremely important in public schools throughout America. Children are being pushed by parents, coaches, peers, and in some cases, teachers to excel in sports. Hours upon hours a week are spent practicing for some form of competition. Years ago, all this time was spent with family, at church, or a combination of both. For example, how many times in the past few decades has a student said, ?Sorry coach, I can?t go to a game or practice because I have church?. Schools used to not schedule events on Sundays or Wednesdays