What Wasn’t Attained as a Child Our first eighteen years are the years that mostly shape who we are as an individual for the rest of our life. If we do not get something that we truly wanted or truly thought would greatly benefit our lives, we have some regret later on in life. Researchers set out to do interviews on several people to find out what those things they wanted were, and how not getting it affected their lives. Researchers also went a step further to find out what impact they think the chosen item/opportunity would have on their children’s life.
Method
Participants Participants in this study were University of Wisconsin-Stout student athletes. Six student athletes were selected, four males and two females; one from men’s basketball, …show more content…
The participant who said he/she wanted a car responded with, “I just had to adapt to it.” The respondent who said they would have liked more opportunity responded to question two by saying they weren’t able to do as much as they had wanted in their younger years. Finally the participant who wanted more street smarts said they took a long time to learn some hard lessons and they made some mistakes from it.
The answers to the third question, “How has your relationship with your parents played out so far in life?” was much more closed. For the most part, every participant responded saying it has had no effect on their relationship. When asked if they have ever brought it up to their parents, they again, all replied with no.
In the fourth and final question, “How do you think this will influence your child?” The two participants who had wanted a savings fund responded by saying how their children will have less stress, and they will see it as a blessing and be grateful. The participant who wanted the car said their children would have more freedom as a teenager. The participant who wanted more street smarts replied by saying how their children will be more grateful and therefore closer to their parents and grandparents. Finally, the participant who wanted more freedom, thinks …show more content…
One of them is the fact that our participants were not randomly selected. They were selected because they are friends to the researchers. Granted, the researchers did not interview their friends, but this still is not a random sample. In addition to this problem, the sample size was very small. Only six participants were chosen and only five interviews were available. Which brings up another problem, the lost interview. Since there were only six participants, this lost interview has a large impact on the study. That interview was sixteen percent of the interviews and contained information valuable to this study. The final limitation in this study is the fact that there were six (five used) different researchers who asked questions; they did not word the questions the exact same. Granted, they were given a template to go off of, but they still did not use the exact same wording for each question, which is important so that all participants understand the questions the same
Method
Participants Participants in this study were University of Wisconsin-Stout student athletes. Six student athletes were selected, four males and two females; one from men’s basketball, …show more content…
The participant who said he/she wanted a car responded with, “I just had to adapt to it.” The respondent who said they would have liked more opportunity responded to question two by saying they weren’t able to do as much as they had wanted in their younger years. Finally the participant who wanted more street smarts said they took a long time to learn some hard lessons and they made some mistakes from it.
The answers to the third question, “How has your relationship with your parents played out so far in life?” was much more closed. For the most part, every participant responded saying it has had no effect on their relationship. When asked if they have ever brought it up to their parents, they again, all replied with no.
In the fourth and final question, “How do you think this will influence your child?” The two participants who had wanted a savings fund responded by saying how their children will have less stress, and they will see it as a blessing and be grateful. The participant who wanted the car said their children would have more freedom as a teenager. The participant who wanted more street smarts replied by saying how their children will be more grateful and therefore closer to their parents and grandparents. Finally, the participant who wanted more freedom, thinks …show more content…
One of them is the fact that our participants were not randomly selected. They were selected because they are friends to the researchers. Granted, the researchers did not interview their friends, but this still is not a random sample. In addition to this problem, the sample size was very small. Only six participants were chosen and only five interviews were available. Which brings up another problem, the lost interview. Since there were only six participants, this lost interview has a large impact on the study. That interview was sixteen percent of the interviews and contained information valuable to this study. The final limitation in this study is the fact that there were six (five used) different researchers who asked questions; they did not word the questions the exact same. Granted, they were given a template to go off of, but they still did not use the exact same wording for each question, which is important so that all participants understand the questions the same