When I was young I had a good singing voice. Like everything else in my life I squandered it over various immediate gratifications and supposed embarassments and as such I got precisely what I deserved regarding it which was nothing.
It's a difficult matter to cultivate things which do not fit into a given lifestyle and artistic pursuits by a child simply fell too low on the list of practicalities viz a viz the requirements of those activities of daily living.
Today is World Voice Day (WVD). Held each year it is an international event devoted to the celebration and conceptualize voice as it relates to communication.
Voice is said to be that sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth as speech or song enabling expression of opinions, attitudes, or art.
So matters included span the gamut of voice health, prevention of problems with the voice, voice rehabilitation when necessary, training of the artistic voice and the list goes on inclusive of just about any aspect of voice, it's function, those who command voice to achieve effective communication at any level.