The Author Points Out That in Comparison with Today's Children

question 22

Multiple Choice

The author points out that in comparison with today's children, people who grew up during the 1950s and 1960s were more likely to

• A)specialize in a single sport.
• B)play the same sports that their fathers played.
• C)play informal sports more often than they played than organized sports.
• D)reject sport participation when the sports were not organized.

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