Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Embarrassing Bad night
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Luminosity" data-source="post: 12396" data-attributes="member: 3357"><p>Team sports didn't work for my difficult child. We put him in Karate which is a group class but and individual sport. He enjoys swimming as well and has expressed interest in joining the swim team. He didn't like team sports because he took things to literal. If the coach said protect this spot he wouldn't move even when all the other kids were running around. My difficult child is now 11. He hasn't learned to ice skate and just last summer learned to ride a bike. He has no physical disability preventing him from these activities. He also loves board games but hates to lose and also hates to win because he then feels guilty. The only board game he will play is chess and has played that since age 3. He was on the chess team at school. He has never enjoyed gym class either. Last summer he started shooting hoops with his step brother - we have a net outside - and difficult child seemed to gain some confidence. He came home this year announcing he had joined the dodge ball team. It just took him a little longer to grasp the "team" sport idea I guess. We didn't push him when he was younger to stick to soccer and baseball because it frustrated him too much. He loves to read and helps me garden. It worried me at first but then I realized that if it is meant to be it will happen. I am babbling sorry. I am just trying to say don't force your son if he is unhappy. It isn't a failure but a learning experience that can be revisited at a later time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Luminosity, post: 12396, member: 3357"] Team sports didn't work for my difficult child. We put him in Karate which is a group class but and individual sport. He enjoys swimming as well and has expressed interest in joining the swim team. He didn't like team sports because he took things to literal. If the coach said protect this spot he wouldn't move even when all the other kids were running around. My difficult child is now 11. He hasn't learned to ice skate and just last summer learned to ride a bike. He has no physical disability preventing him from these activities. He also loves board games but hates to lose and also hates to win because he then feels guilty. The only board game he will play is chess and has played that since age 3. He was on the chess team at school. He has never enjoyed gym class either. Last summer he started shooting hoops with his step brother - we have a net outside - and difficult child seemed to gain some confidence. He came home this year announcing he had joined the dodge ball team. It just took him a little longer to grasp the "team" sport idea I guess. We didn't push him when he was younger to stick to soccer and baseball because it frustrated him too much. He loves to read and helps me garden. It worried me at first but then I realized that if it is meant to be it will happen. I am babbling sorry. I am just trying to say don't force your son if he is unhappy. It isn't a failure but a learning experience that can be revisited at a later time. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Embarrassing Bad night
Top