[blparent] [parent] Roller-Skating

[Nevzat Adil]

When I was a child, I learned roller skating on my own by falling down
and getting up again. When I took my daughter to a roller skating ring
for the first time she learned the same way and now she is skating. It
is like learning how to ride a bike.

On 1/4/14, sheila <sleigland at bresnan.net> wrote:
> 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
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: [blparent] Roller-Skating
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
>> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
>> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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