Comments on: Letter: Winsted Little League needs help http://www.hjblogs.com/letter-winsted-little-league-needs-help/ HJblogs.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:09:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: the dude http://www.hjblogs.com/letter-winsted-little-league-needs-help/comment-page-1/#comment-6278 the dude Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:12:41 +0000 http://www.hjblogs.com/?p=12808#comment-6278 Our children get there ambition from there parents. If parents get involved than our children will as well. Stop blaming the kids for what they do it is on the parents. Kids imitate their parents. Our children get there ambition from there parents. If parents get involved than our children will as well. Stop blaming the kids for what they do it is on the parents. Kids imitate their parents.

]]> By: Tom http://www.hjblogs.com/letter-winsted-little-league-needs-help/comment-page-1/#comment-6253 Tom Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:40:27 +0000 http://www.hjblogs.com/?p=12808#comment-6253 Part of the problem is that children today unlike years ago are more into computers, video games, and TV. As parents we need to encourage them to get out and do something physical like baseball. More children involved would provide more volunteers to help. Until the kids are motivated to get involved in summer sports programs those programs will struggle. Part of the problem is that children today unlike years ago are more into
computers, video games, and TV. As parents we need to encourage them to
get out and do something physical like baseball. More children involved
would provide more volunteers to help. Until the kids are motivated to get
involved in summer sports programs those programs will struggle.

]]> By: HikingStick http://www.hjblogs.com/letter-winsted-little-league-needs-help/comment-page-1/#comment-6156 HikingStick Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:29:16 +0000 http://www.hjblogs.com/?p=12808#comment-6156 Little League isn't the only group struggling to find adequate volunteer help. Lagging participation rates by parents of Scouts has been a growing problem, leaving more responsibility on the backs of fewer and fewer people. Those who stick with it take on the extra load, often because they enjoyed the programs when they were young, and want to make sure that their kids (or in some rare instances when the volunteers don't have kids in the program, everyone's kids) have a chance to have the same experiences. In some ways, I believe we've done it to ourselves. Between jobs, school, and everything else out there, I believe we've allowed ourselves to become more busy than ever before, and we've lost our ability to really take a day of rest. Even our weekends simply become the times that we run errands, tend the yard, fix the house, or attend weekend activities for the team, pack, troop, etc. I don't know if there are any easy answers to this one. I sure hope that some will step forward to help, but I feel the same way about the Scout troop I'm helping. If I take on another commitment, I'd have to give up Scouting, and I think many of the folks I've asked to volunteer feel the same way about their other activities--to take on any more would require a paring of what already is. I just hope we each make wise decisions as we contemplate such changes. Little League isn’t the only group struggling to find adequate volunteer help. Lagging participation rates by parents of Scouts has been a growing problem, leaving more responsibility on the backs of fewer and fewer people. Those who stick with it take on the extra load, often because they enjoyed the programs when they were young, and want to make sure that their kids (or in some rare instances when the volunteers don’t have kids in the program, everyone’s kids) have a chance to have the same experiences.

In some ways, I believe we’ve done it to ourselves. Between jobs, school, and everything else out there, I believe we’ve allowed ourselves to become more busy than ever before, and we’ve lost our ability to really take a day of rest. Even our weekends simply become the times that we run errands, tend the yard, fix the house, or attend weekend activities for the team, pack, troop, etc.

I don’t know if there are any easy answers to this one. I sure hope that some will step forward to help, but I feel the same way about the Scout troop I’m helping. If I take on another commitment, I’d have to give up Scouting, and I think many of the folks I’ve asked to volunteer feel the same way about their other activities–to take on any more would require a paring of what already is. I just hope we each make wise decisions as we contemplate such changes.

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