Although my productivity as a blogger has been low lately, my wife — Marina Park — is picking up the slack and then some. As regular readers of Work Matters know, Marina is CEO of the Northern California Girl Scouts. She just started last Sunday as a regular blogger, one of the "City Brights" at SF Gate, the online home of the San Francisco Chronicle and has already put up three posts. I especially like the second one, called Helping Kids Find Their Path. It starts out with an incident that happened to us recently:
Last weekend, my husband and I did something I don't think we have
ever done (which is saying something; we have been together for 32
years . .. ). We asked our waitress to move us to a different table
midway through dinner because the conversation going on next to us was
just more loud tension than either of us was in the mood for. The
debate was about whether a daughter who loved horses should be required
to give up horses so she could focus on team sports, which would better
prepare her for life, and whether a son, who was anxious and unhappy
about playing soccer, should be given "incentives" to continue.
It made me sad to hear. Yes, I know it was rude to listen, but we couldn't help it and that is why we asked to move.
Of course, I am biased, but I like Marina's arguments goes on to make about the limits and virtues of team sports for kids and I love the comments people have made, as they are so thoughtful and balanced.
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