[blparent] [parent] Roller-Skating

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		Yup, this is how mine learned, I took her to a rink and told her to figure it out. 
I skated some too but she was way better then me which was cool.
The rinks have different styles of skates so your daughter can try them out. The folks that work at the one we go to are very young and love skating which probably helps.


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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nevzat Adil
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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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