Y is for YOUTH

Greensboro is a great place to raise children. As an example, in the above photo, we see an unidentified girl being taught to double-Dutch jumprope by two festival-goers. Double-Dutch jumproping requires a lot of coordination. There are special rhymes that are often chanted while people are jumping. During the Summer Solstice Festival, adults were working hard to teach children to double Dutch jumprope.In 2009, Double Dutch became a varsity sport in New York City public high schools.* Maybe the trend will spread to Greensboro. If so, the above solstice rope turners would be great for getting the young kids trained. They were so patient.

Greensboro also has great places to take kids. In addition to events and festivals like the solstice event, Greensboro has  many great venues: the Children's Museum, the Science Center, the Children's Theatre, ArtQuest, the city libraries, and so much more. The more effort a community puts into its youth, the more prepared they will be to run the community in adulthood.  Today is ABC Wednesday and Y is for Youth.

 * reference.

 

Comments

[Reader Wil]

This is the first time I hear about Double-Dutch in connection with jumping! Thank you ! I know that speaking Double-Dutch is what I probably do in most foreign countries ;).
Wil, ABCW Team

[Roger Green]

Oh, wasn't there a Liz Phair song about double Dutch?
ROG, ABCW

[Tbreese823]

i knew how to do double dutch as a kid, now i'd just get tangled up!

[Birdman]

Youth is wasted on the young?
I think not. Well, it wasn't wasted on me.

[William Kendall]

So that's the term for it? I could never pull off skipping.