[blparent] teaching our children to swim and ride bikes

[Lea williams]

I learned to ride my bike without traning wheels at the age of six,
but I did not loose my eye site until I was eight. I think that no
matter how old your child is, it is not too late to teach them.

I took swimming lessons at the public pool when I was seven and
learned to swim in the deep like that.
I did however, not learn to jump off the diving bord until I was about
twelve because when we worked on that at swimming lessons, I was one
of the last to go and they blew the wissle to stop right when it was
my turn and It took me that long to not be afraid to jump. lol

On 4/11/12, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
> Interesting that your mom's swimming way worked for you, but you have a deep
> mistrust of swimming instructors.
>
> Your mom's way worked for riding a bike, yet you didn't have Gab try it.
>
>
> I'm thinking your mom's ways didn't work so well, otherwise you'd have done
> both with your daughter?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:38 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] teaching our children to swim and ride bikes
>
> Like when we were kids, there were no life jackets to keep us afloat, but
> swimming lessons at a public or private pool. I had swimming lessons
> beginning when I was in first grade,that's how they did it then.  We had a
> blow up pool when we were kids in our backyard and we'd sit and splash.  No
> floaties.  My mom and my aunts sat next to the pool to keep us safe.
> As for the bikes, we learned on a dirt road without helmets or knee pads.
> You either learned the first time or you'd scrape the ehck out of your knees
> and elbows.
> I know I did Gab an injustice by protecting her from the bicycle, but is it
> too late for her to learn?
> V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:07 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] teaching our children to swim and ride bikes
>
> MAYBE YOUR CONCERN IS RIGHT ON. I KNOW THAT i DIDN'T WANT MARK TO GET HURT
> PARTLY BECAUSE i DIDN'T WANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE WERE TAKING CARE OF
> HIM PROPERLY BUT THAT HAS TO BE MEASURED AGAINST WHETHER IN THE LONG RUN IT
> HURTS OUR KIDS.
>
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