I agree!!!!!!! God forbid the kid cry and learn to deal with his or her emotions when he or she loses a game,  God forbid a kid is ever allowed to scrape his knee, learn not to run quite as fast and pay attention.  The best advice I ever heard of was from a blind girl who was running through the house and ran ingot he table and landed on her butt and hit her head on the table. After the parent made sure she was physically ok she got a hard smack to he rump and was told to go to her room until she could learn to  pay attention, cause the table had not bee moved in a year. She said she never forgot that lesson and is glad her parents did that. she learned to pay attention and deal with life. Our society wants to wrap kids in bubble wrap and never scold them or expect  obedience or consequences, and look what are are breeding… a bunch of people who can’t make decisions or handle life.

On Mar 31, 2014, at 7:10 PM, Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Warning!  This turned in to a rant.
> 
> We support each other in lots of ways.  Remember, lots of sighted children 
> don't have parents who can help them with sports either.  Those who are 
> interested find a way to make it.
> Think how many single Mothers have never thrown a ball or even shot a 
> basket.
> The other critical thing to remember, is that their is no such thing as 
> child proofing a house.
> What you can do is child slow down a house.  Baby gates and barrel bells on 
> the shoes of the toddlers are necessities.
> I voice trained my children with m & m's as skinner pills.
> The children had to answer when I called their names, they didn't have to 
> come unless instructed to do so, like "come and eat".
> I also used a thing called a "hand holder" which is a coil cord about 12 
> feet long with a Velcro strap at each end.  If the small ones broke away, I 
> didn't want to loose them.  I didn't think their Mother would appreciate me 
> loosing the children at a moll.
> Network, join blind parenting lists, ask questions.  Personally, I worried 
> more about first aid than I did about anything else.  The greatest harm I 
> see done today to most children and in particular blind children, is the 
> touchy feely over protective behavior that teaches children to fear harm, 
> rather than to explore and stretch the limits of their world.  No wonder we 
> have a nation of over weight couch potato nerds.  They have no idea how to 
> be a part of a team, work for a common goal, problem solve amongst 
> themselves, or to take and evaluate risks.
> How many children today can have fun if the power goes out and their 
> batteries die?
> Red rover, Simon says, dodge ball, and all games that take physical effort 
> and have winners and losers are sent to oblivion.  The parks are empty and 
> the playgrounds are locked.
> The children can't play a game with out a coach.  Choose up sides?  Somebody 
> might be last.  How will the fragile wimp ever survive, and what about his 
> or her feeeeeelllliiiiinggggsssss!!!!!!!
> 
> Bedlam is here.
> 
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