Warmly welcome all newcomers and share them with the group. That was what I started back when I was president of the UTG and they still do it today.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 7, 2015, at 12:52 PM, Diana Tomchick via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > This was recently posted on the Southwest Region list serve; you may find it > of interest. > > Diana > > ************************************************** > Diana R. Tomchick > Professor > Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry > University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center > 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. > Rm. ND10.214A > Dallas, TX 75390-8816 > diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu > (214) 645-6383 (phone) > (214) 645-6353 (fax) > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Robert Wood <robw...@wwdb.org> >> >> Hi fellow cavers, >> >> I have done much study on why there is a national trend of outdoor activity >> organizations inability to attract new members. It really boils down to the >> difference in the way kids are being raised versus how the Baby Boom >> generation was allowed to experience their childhoods. >> >> This article sets the stage pretty clearly >> http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/hey-parents-leave-those-kids-alone/358631/ >> If you want more in-depth solution oriented ideas I highly suggest “How to >> Raise a Wild Child” by Scott Sampson. Having raised my 3 kids on the side of >> a ski mountain in northern Colorado with free access for them both summer >> and winter I clearly see the societal pressure that is the norm today to >> overprotect the kids as an epidemic. My grandchildren living in San Diego >> are (trying not to say this judgmentally) victims of this modern mentality >> that is building a grave basis for their personal life balance and future >> offspring. If your kid is walking around in the neighborhood at a time that >> is not connected to school coming and going (most kids are driven to and >> from school) someone will call the police and the child could be picked up >> and dropped at your door with a reprimand. Even in my small Colorado town, >> when my young son showed up at school with a black eye from the handlebar of >> his bike when he wrecked, Social services was notified by the school of >> possible child abuse. I would have been summoned by them if it were not for >> my friend that worked there that just called to get the story. >> >> I know we are all frustrated with the inability to attract young vibrant >> cave enthusiast. The resistance to our efforts really has nothing to do with >> the kids themselves, it has to do with how they learned to freely connect to >> the natural world on their own. To learn to risk without a parent saying “Be >> careful”. I grew up surfing and exploring my great outdoors on the >> California coast and I nor my siblings can ever remember my folks ever >> telling us to be careful. Today that would be considered neglect. >> >> The article is lengthy but so is trying to solve this problem we have >> created. If you have grandchildren and are involved in their lives I highly >> recommend Sampson’s book. Even if you are not involved or do not have >> children or grandchildren being aware is the first step in creating a >> solution. >> >> Rob Wood >> _______________________________________________ >> SWR mailing list >> s...@caver.net >> http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr >> _______________________________________________ >> This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET. >> Remember when you are replying to a message, you are replying to ALL on this >> list. This a default setting. If you want to reply to the individual sender >> then click reply, go delete the name out of the To: field and insert who you >> want to reply to. Of course, you have to know the email address of the >> person you are wanting to reply to. > > > UT Southwestern > > Medical Center > > The future of medicine, today. > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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