We all know those "non-athletic" kids and their older siblings are the root of all evil....that right there is pathetic.
Sarcasm as discussion again. I will amplify and clarify my post since I now realize it might require a smidge of thought and imagination that I should refrain from the assumption is shared by everyone.
The majority of the kids not playing sports or related activities like or band, Cheerleading, Pep Clubs etc. really don't do a lot with their time. A little except from real research on the subject:
High school athletes are more likely than non-athletes to attend college and get degrees; team captains, MVPs achieve in school at even higher rates (US Dept. of Education, 2005). The benefits extend to the workplace. A survey of 400 female corporate executives found 94% played a sport and that 61% say that has contributed to their career success (EY Women Athletes Business Network/espnW, 2014).
Social/Psychological Benefits
A number of studies provide support for the premise that physical activity, and sports in particular, can positively affect aspects of personal development among young people, such as self-esteem, goal-setting, and leadership. However, evidence indicates that the quality of coaching is a key factor in maximizing positive effects (GAO, 2012).
Compared to non-athlete peers, female high school athletes are less likely to be sexually active, to use drugs, and to suffer from depression (Women's Sports Foundation, 2004). A correlation has been found between regular exercise and mental health among students in general as they move into the teenage years. Among students who exercised 6 to 7 days a week, 25.1% felt sad for two weeks or more in the past 12 months, compared to 35.7% of students who reported exercising on 0 to 1 day. Of students who exercised 6-7 days, 15% reported suicidal ideation, and 6.4% reported a suicide attempt in the past year, compared to 24.6% and 10.3% of students who exercised 0-1 day, respectively (Journal of American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2015).
As the old proverb goes "Idle hands are the Devils workshop". So yes - kids just hanging out could be described as the "Root of all Evil". They are a group that is more likely to accomplish less in life not to mention use drugs & alcohol. Older siblings who act similarly are both role models and access. To simplify for Shovel and those that might require it: Think along the lines of "It runs in the family" or "Monkey see Monkey do." A little more real research on this subject:
In the aftermath of the bombings in Boston many of us have been thinking a lot about siblings — particularly how older siblings can shape the lives of younger siblings. But until pretty recently, the role siblings play in determining the trajectory of each other's lives hasn't been a particularly hot topic in psychological research. Psychologists, very understandably, have focused on the influences they see as more important — such as parents and peers and genetics.
But in the past decade that's been changing a bit. Psychologists interested in how siblings affect one another are taking a new look at all kinds of behavior, particularly anti-social behavior.
Consider, for example, the research that looks at how much a parent who smokes influences his child to smoke, versus the degree to which an older sibling who smokes influences a younger sibling.
"Both can have an effect, but in a lot of studies they've found that the effect 'older sibling smoking' has is greater than the effect that 'parental smoking' has," Rende says.
It's the opposite of what many people assumed, he says. Older siblings are more influential.
As part of his research, Rende gives sibling pairs electronic devices like cellphones that, every half hour, prompt both siblings to report what they're doing. Through such reports you can actually see each one ghosting the other's behavior, he says.
"When one sibling is smoking — in real time [we see] they're having a cigarette, and the other sibling is very likely to report smoking at the same time."
In fact, when one sibling is a smoker, the other is 25 percent more likely to smoke. With drinking the risk is even higher; a person is 36 percent more likely to drink if a sibling does.
Rende, by the way, believes that the reverse is also true. Good behavior in older siblings can be as contagious as bad. It just seems that — particularly when families are struggling — the fate of the kids is more tethered to their siblings than we originally thought. For good and, apparently, for bad.
This is not the only place that drugs or alcohol use exists which I note above in my post about 7-11. You don't have to be exposed to too many HS kids to realize if their time is filled with something productive the risk diminishes significantly.
I abbreviated in my earlier post to spare the lengthy detailed explanation (presumably unnecessary due to blatant obviousness) : sports as activity, friends and their siblings do matter.
Shovel - If you were trolling and got me to bite and waste 30 minutes on responding - good on you. I come to this site to avoid that stuff but maybe it is changing. If you were serious - and to use your word - that is pathetic stuff out of you on a serious topic. You should be ashamed.
