Seems to me, music, art and sports are first to feel cuts in a diminishing budget. Everyone appears very interested in their children learning reading, writing, arithmetic, history, math and science. But not everyone recognizes the importance of music, art and sports.
Music, art and sports in a child's life helps that child develop a positive self-image. Any child with a negative self image is not likely to have as good a career as a child with a positive self image. The key to a positive self image is often self achievements and acceptance of failure along with the resolve to improve. A sense of achievement could and often does improve a child's self image.
As a child I loved writing stories. My father would often read my stories and encourage me to write more. This support was extremely beneficial for me. It gave me a sense of achievement. It helped my self image. Learning how to play a musical instrument did the same for me as an adult. As everyone knows, children need much more than food, shelter and love. Children need to develop their social, mental and physical skills. Playing baseball, football, hockey, basketball or any sport develops a child's mechanical coordination. In these sports a child must use both his mental skills and his physical skills.
Parents consider it important to provide these needs for their children; especially when the schools are cutting funds for these activities. This is difficult at best when both parents have to work full time jobs. When my sister was in high school, my mother would drive her to social events.
People claim that the children and grandchildren will bear the burden of the national debt. Likewise, children will suffer due the the cutting of sports, music and art in the schools. Let's not make the children pay for our mistakes.
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