[blparent] Roller-Skating

[Jennifer Stewart Jackson]

I think I would buy the skates. She wants them, she has a place to skate with other kids regularly, and it is easy to learn to do. I suspect that a few extra trips to a roller rink will add more in expense and trouble than you will want to 
mess with.

I was fortunate enough to find them at a thrift store for my boys. I did not move my collection of various sizes because the new neighborhood has brick sidewalks and steep driveways so I do not want to encourage them to play in the street. 

If your daughter will accept them, roller skates are easier on ankles than the roller blades. 
It is really fun to take a little one out for the first few times. It will not take more than that, but it is so much fun to be witness to the joy of learning.

My most memorable times were with my oldest son but that may be because I first had him on skates a few months before his second birthday at my vice's birthday party. He loved it. He was the victem of a mom with a degree In child development. There was a great experiment done on two twins in the sixties. The one twin who was introduced to physical activity such as skating and other balance related things while the other was just not. Twenty years later the boys still had widely different abilities with balance and physical aptitude. I waited for the younger boys to be more typical ages, but we still had fun.


Jennifer

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star Gazer
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 2:06 PM
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I wouldn't buy skates just yet. Take her to the rink and see if she enjoys skating and what type of skates she is comfortable with. 
Then when spring rolls around, see where you are. If you have a bunch of skaters in the neighborhood they'd probably love to teach her and she'd probably be more receptive learning from them. Expect her to fall down and insist on a helmet. Also have neosporn(sp?) to treat cuts and the like. 


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, January 3, 2014 11:42 PM
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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

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