APA 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hockey Helmet, Baby Boom
16 Mar 2017
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~sports and children: are organized programs worth the effort?~ Same format as the other two tests. Coaches: being a good coach, bad coach, how they teach. Role of parents: how they support/are involved. The actions of parents have become increasingly troublesome and extreme in connection with youth sports today. Explain how and why parents are different today, and why they are more likely to be involved in and concerned about youth sports. Parent being too invested in their sport career. Parent living through their child in sport. Wanting to be involved in their child"s sport. Organized youth sports emerged in the 20th century. The rst programs focused on masculinizing boys. Schools, communities and church wanted to teach boys to work together productively and/or to be leaders in society (class?) Organized youth sports grew rapidly in many industrialized countries after ww2 (baby boom parents involved) Programs in the us emphasized competition as preparation for future occupational success in a capitalist society.
