Posted by JerryMT on February 25, 2014 at 19:30:42 from (206.183.116.150):
In Reply to: Dads with daughters. posted by JayinNY on February 25, 2014 at 18:16:50:
The roots of the 4H program are based on county-state Cooperative Extension in the early 20th century. the land grant colleges were developing useful information but farmers and ranchers were not utilizing it. 4H was developed to pass on information developed at land grant colleges through the children of farm families. It seems most adults were set in there ways and did not want to try some of the newer, scientifically developed information regarding farming methods and animal science. So by passing the info on through the kids through small prokjects, the parents could learn new methods and techniques. It has changed over the years but still has it roots in agriculture and there are also programs for city kids. I grew up in a city and never got the opportunity to be involved with 4H. My involvement came after my retirement when I was appointed to the County Fair Board. I was very impressed by the responsibility that this program instilled in the paticipaants, the competitive spirit and the sense of fair play that the kids have and as they go through the senior programs, the poise and confidence that these 4H'ers have. The volunteers that teach thee kids are farmers and ranchers themselves and they do a great job and I never understood where they find the time to do this and run their operations. The only down side I see is, like Little League, etc , the program would be better off with out the parents making it an extension of their unsatisfied egos. But that's human nature I guess. Parents injecting "politics" makes a great program less than great.
Nothing wrong with scouting. Both of these are worthwhile programs for kids, male or female, and they will get out of either one what ever they are willing to put into it.
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