Child Sports Insanity

When Donna Campiglia learned recently that a genetic test might be able to determine which sports suit the talents of her 2 ½-year-old son, Noah, she instantly said, Where can I get it and how much does it cost?



Isn’t that insane?   Why can’t we let kids be kids.  Your kid is either good or bad at sports.  Why do you need to know at 2 years old?

(Company I refuse to name) is playing into the obsessions of parents by offering a $149 test that aims to predict a child’s natural athletic strengths. The process is simple. Swab inside the child’s cheek and along the gums to collect DNA and return it to a lab for analysis of ACTN3, one gene among more than 20,000 in the human genome.

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Published: November 30, 2008

A genetics company is offering a $149 test that aims to predict a child’s natural athletic strengths.

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One Reply to “Child Sports Insanity”

  1. Hello there,
    I am Peter Robert Casey and I am a basketball columnist. I have initiated an idea to create a sports blogroll where bloggers from all sports disciplines could participate. All you need to do is to add my blog link to your blog and i’ll do the same. That way, we could have a mutual partnership and we could refer visitors to each other’s blog.
    Please let me know if you would be interested.

    Your’s in Hoops,
    Peter Robert Casey
    http://www.peterrobertcasey.com

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