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
General Discussions
The Watercooler
General? Here? I don't know.
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="Shari" data-source="post: 340490" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>His little self esteem is shot. He feels he can't do anything right. They are doing jump rope for heart in gym class and he can't jump rope, so now he's even yanked out of gym (<em>when</em> he's at school, that is). </p><p> </p><p>He wants to do mounted shooting with me. They have a class for kiddos. He's a <em>really</em> good rider, he never loses his seat. You could put him on a horse with no bridle, slap it on the butt, and he'd ride it wherever it went. </p><p> </p><p>So we put him in lessons to learn to "drive" the horse better so he can do the patterns in mounted shooting. I'm thinking here's something he can do and be good at, and do with me, and have it to be proud of, etc, so we've encouraged it. I realized at his lesson last night that his motor planning problems are a HUGE obstacle, and even if he manages to overcome that, he'll have to navigate one of 100 or so patterns randomly drawn from a hat by himself. There's no way he'll remember it without someone walking with him, and I doubt they'll allow that for an 8 year old, unless I advertise his problems to them, and then they may still not because he looks so "normal".</p><p> </p><p>He just wants so bad to be like the other kids. Every day he's not in school, he talks about Malory, and wanting to be there, and just not being able to get her out of his head. It just SUCKS. He can't play baseball. He can't do "normal" gymnastics. He can't take "normal" swim lessons. He can't go to summer camp. And now he probably can't do a fun little game on his horse.</p><p> </p><p>Such a stupid thing, but its the whole straw on the camel's back thing...I'll get over it and we'll keep working on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 340490, member: 1848"] His little self esteem is shot. He feels he can't do anything right. They are doing jump rope for heart in gym class and he can't jump rope, so now he's even yanked out of gym ([I]when[/I] he's at school, that is). He wants to do mounted shooting with me. They have a class for kiddos. He's a [I]really[/I] good rider, he never loses his seat. You could put him on a horse with no bridle, slap it on the butt, and he'd ride it wherever it went. So we put him in lessons to learn to "drive" the horse better so he can do the patterns in mounted shooting. I'm thinking here's something he can do and be good at, and do with me, and have it to be proud of, etc, so we've encouraged it. I realized at his lesson last night that his motor planning problems are a HUGE obstacle, and even if he manages to overcome that, he'll have to navigate one of 100 or so patterns randomly drawn from a hat by himself. There's no way he'll remember it without someone walking with him, and I doubt they'll allow that for an 8 year old, unless I advertise his problems to them, and then they may still not because he looks so "normal". He just wants so bad to be like the other kids. Every day he's not in school, he talks about Malory, and wanting to be there, and just not being able to get her out of his head. It just SUCKS. He can't play baseball. He can't do "normal" gymnastics. He can't take "normal" swim lessons. He can't go to summer camp. And now he probably can't do a fun little game on his horse. Such a stupid thing, but its the whole straw on the camel's back thing...I'll get over it and we'll keep working on it. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
General? Here? I don't know.
Top