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Originally Posted by oceanbreeze
My white MIL can't swim or ride a bike and all 5 of her children can do both. So what gives?
"The lead researcher, Professor Richard Irwin, said one key finding was the influence of parents' attitudes and abilities. If a parent couldn't swim, as was far more likely in minority families than white families, or if the parent felt swimming was dangerous, then the child was far less likely to learn how to swim."
New study: 58 percent of black children can't swim |
Haven't got any stats, but I'd be confident in saying that 98% of black Pacific Islanders
can swim.
Gee, I wonder if there is some deep-seated physiological/psychological/sociological reason for this??
