[blparent] Roller-Skating

Tue Jan 7 15:57:03 UTC 2014

It's really too bad about the roller rink. I was going to suggest that, thinking sometimes they actually have walker type things to hang onto so kids can learn how to skate, and also that she could stay with you near a wall and hold on until she gets more comfortable. I'm sure you'll do fine on the sidewalks around your complex. It's funny because my daughter, who will be four in May, just told me she wants roller skates for her birthday. She may be a bit young... I'm not sure. I believe I was five when I started skating, so we'll probably get her some cheaper skates to start with and see how she does. She's actually been ice skating before and loved it. Please pass along any tips and tricks you develop while teaching Sarah! I'll need them so I can help Oriana.
Melissa

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 6:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Roller-Skating

I probably will buy the skates because I found a really good deal on some and because it's a pretty big activity with the neighborhood kids, and there are safe places to do it.  We live in a condo complex, so there are long, flat sidewalks that don't end in busy streets.  There are older kids that tend to take my daughter under their wings, so she may soon have better teachers than Mom anyway.  She has a bike helmet that she will always wear when skating.  She tends to be pretty agile as a whole, though I'm thinking that she'll be sporting Band-Aids for a while.  She used to be pretty tough about injuries--"no blood, no foul" was her favorite line for many years, but since she started school, the other girls have made quite a little drama queen out of her.  There's a roller rink, but we haven't ventured there yet because it isn't anywhere near a bus route, and the few times my boyfriend has dropped his son off there, the kid has said there are a lot of young teens who go crazy and don't watch out for anybody but themselves.

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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From: Jennifer Stewart Jackson
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 3:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Roller-Skating

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

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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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Subject: Re: [blparent] Roller-Skating

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

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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