SOUNDS FAMILIAR
The University of Washington is having difficulty recruting black couples to participate in a study “find out how parents communicate and raise healthy, well-adjusted children.” The reearchers attribute this reluctance to “[f]ears of exploitation and a cultural tendency not to discuss “the family’s business” with outsiders.” I understand completely; I’d bet that homeschoolers were underrepresented in these kinds of studies, too.
3 Responses to “SOUNDS FAMILIAR”
 Comment by Chris August 26th, 2003 at 2:40 pm |
ESPN wanted to interview us last week for a story on how parents are dealing with the Kobe Bryant situation. We declined for the same type of reasons – my wife just wasn’t comfortable with the idea of talking about the kids on national TV. I wanted to do it just to fulfill the male fantasy of being on ESPN 🙂 My wife is probably right though. |
 Comment by meep August 26th, 2003 at 3:33 pm |
Reminds me of when I got a letter on infant development research, and my husband was interested until he heard that they would come to our home. We’re interested in research, just not in our home. |
 Comment by Laura August 26th, 2003 at 6:08 pm |
I wonder if the subset of people who would be willing to have this intrusive study done is really representative of Americans at large. I certainly wouldn’t want strangers asking intimate questions about my family. I don’t know anybody who would. The Tuskegee thing just kills me. I accept that it happened, but I don’t want to believe it. I can’t make it fit into my worldview somehow. |