the real problem with the low numbers of "yoots" in sailing or any sport is that you old farts didn't have that many kids!
us 'Mericans got too caught up chasing "the good life" instead of aforementioned tail and are victims of our own success.
Birthrates in developed countries are down (so it's not just us), so much that most face population declines (not to mention enough young folks to clean up after the old farts)
So, in addition to all the other time-wasters we've developed to take kid's attention away from sport, we don't have a deep pool of youngsters (under 20) to solicit to start with...
uh-oh Jay...going have to slap some facts on ya.
The millennial generation equals the population of the baby-boomers (or real close) like 78 million born between 1980-82 and 2000.
They're also called baby echo. There's also more in the hopper, forecasts thru 2025 are good. Dwindling numbers was GenX.
Think about it. When you were a tot, how big was the "kids table" at a holiday dinner? Probably twice the size of the parents table.
And now? I'd be willing to bet the kids table is a fraction of the size of the "adult's table".
this is a bad scene. Is dragging them by their ears away for the X-box OK?
So we're back to Ding's mantra "single moms need your support". If they're not out there helping our population, no one else will.... So dig deep, 'merica, your country needs you.
Keith and I are giving that an amen!
