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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 577330" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Is V at all interested in any sports? At his age he is probably old enough to start soccer locally in a recreational team. Now dont think that he would have to know one iota of how to play soccer because most of the kids on teams at his age dont. Keyana was on a team of 4/5 year olds and they basically ran around like lost puppies chasing a ball...lol. No one would really notice if he didnt get the idea of how to kick it properly at this age. It would be the idea of being in the group. </p><p></p><p>Cory was extremely in your face when he was a small child and it bugged kids. Now toddlers didnt seem to mind so much if a two year old gave another two year old a hug but 5 year olds started getting icky about it and 7 year old boys certainly didnt want another 7 year old boy to run up to them and hug them and stand very close. We had to work with him very hard on what we called everyone's personal bubble of space that he couldnt enter. Part of what helped that was sports again. We had both younger two boys in three sports a year...baseball, football and basketball every year and they learned what team work was about. You got to cheer for your team, you got to high five, you played the best you could. Now were they always good? No. We actually coached Cory's first flag football team so we could make sure he was okay. Ended up we had all the difficult child's in the league...lmao. We had an awesome team too. </p><p></p><p>If he isnt good at that, try something like dance or gymnastics or swimming. </p><p></p><p>I think something very structured would be good for him where he doesnt have to wonder what the rules are. We got incredibly lucky with our coaches but I know in most, if not all, of NC counties have county rec leagues and they are good starting points. They take everyone so the kids dont have to try out and they are inexpensive. Our coaches actually understood both Cory's and Jamie's issues and they would keep Cory occupied when he wasnt playing in the game. Like in baseball if he wasnt in the game, he became "assistant manager" and he would hand out bats and batting helmets to the coaches. A busy Cory was less likely to get into trouble. In other sports they found different jobs for him to do. We were lucky in that most of the coaches also coached each of the different sports and the boys played in all the sports with our boys. To this day we still see these men around town and they ask about them. Its been 20 years since they started. </p><p></p><p>Think about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 577330, member: 1514"] Is V at all interested in any sports? At his age he is probably old enough to start soccer locally in a recreational team. Now dont think that he would have to know one iota of how to play soccer because most of the kids on teams at his age dont. Keyana was on a team of 4/5 year olds and they basically ran around like lost puppies chasing a ball...lol. No one would really notice if he didnt get the idea of how to kick it properly at this age. It would be the idea of being in the group. Cory was extremely in your face when he was a small child and it bugged kids. Now toddlers didnt seem to mind so much if a two year old gave another two year old a hug but 5 year olds started getting icky about it and 7 year old boys certainly didnt want another 7 year old boy to run up to them and hug them and stand very close. We had to work with him very hard on what we called everyone's personal bubble of space that he couldnt enter. Part of what helped that was sports again. We had both younger two boys in three sports a year...baseball, football and basketball every year and they learned what team work was about. You got to cheer for your team, you got to high five, you played the best you could. Now were they always good? No. We actually coached Cory's first flag football team so we could make sure he was okay. Ended up we had all the difficult child's in the league...lmao. We had an awesome team too. If he isnt good at that, try something like dance or gymnastics or swimming. I think something very structured would be good for him where he doesnt have to wonder what the rules are. We got incredibly lucky with our coaches but I know in most, if not all, of NC counties have county rec leagues and they are good starting points. They take everyone so the kids dont have to try out and they are inexpensive. Our coaches actually understood both Cory's and Jamie's issues and they would keep Cory occupied when he wasnt playing in the game. Like in baseball if he wasnt in the game, he became "assistant manager" and he would hand out bats and batting helmets to the coaches. A busy Cory was less likely to get into trouble. In other sports they found different jobs for him to do. We were lucky in that most of the coaches also coached each of the different sports and the boys played in all the sports with our boys. To this day we still see these men around town and they ask about them. Its been 20 years since they started. Think about it. [/QUOTE]
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