[blparent] [parent] Roller-Skating

[sheila]

isn't that the truth. our son is grown but the car drove me nuts. If he 
took longer than I thought he should, I panicked.
On 1/3/2014 9:55 PM, Kimsan wrote:
> I remember the days when my daughters started roller blading.
> With my young kids at the time, when they saw dad roller blade, they were flabber gasted.  When it was their turn, I simply just walked beside them, held their hand until they got their balance and technique, and more importantly their confidence down, before we picked up speed.
> Each week or so, it went from please hold my hand, to just stand next to me and don't touch me lol because I want to do this on my own.
> I always made sure that they had the appropriate gear on for when they were to land, which another thing I told them was falling was a part of the learning process, everyone falls, so don't be discouraged.  Now, my girls are roller bladers, and bikers just like dad.
> I'm sure you will do great, the only advice I would have is to treat it as an activity and not a requirement. Let's have some fun with our little ones. Right now it will be roller blades, next it's a corvette.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Friday, January 3, 2014 8:42 PM
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> Subject: [blparent] Roller-Skating
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> My daughter wants a pair of roller-skates for her sixth birthday, which will be coming up the first of March, if you can believe it.  I know I can’t.  It seems like I just carried her home from the hospital.  Anyway, we have some nice long, flat sidewalks here, and the neighborhood kids love to skate on them.  It will fall to me to teach my daughter, since her dad has a bad knee and not a whole lot of patience.  I’m hoping I can just hold hands with her and walk along at first, at least till she gets some speed up.  Have any of you tackled this with your kids.  Is there anything special I should keep in mind?  I have a few months to think about it and plan, but March will be here before we know it—thank goodness, I’m about done with this winter stuff!
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
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