Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Large muscle motor skills? Message-ID: <273@unc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 22:43:58 EST Article-I.D.: unc.273 Posted: Tue Mar 26 22:43:58 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 31-Mar-85 02:59:31 EST References: <7337@watrose.UUCP> <1014@gloria.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Distribution: net Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 38 Summary: In article greg@olivee.UUCP (Greg Paley) writes: > My wife provides day care for several children during the week. > Two boys from the same family seem noticeably below others of > their ages in large-motor coordination. Trying to gently bring > up the subject with their mother, it came up that she > > (1) Never lets them play outside at home - their > yard is too overgrown. > > (2) Never takes them to parks - she doesn't have > time or energy. > > (3) Doesn't let them have toys they can climb on > or roll around with - she prefers crafts > and items that provide "intellectual > stimulation". > > As she expressed it "I guess my kids will just be thinkers". You mean this mother actually WANTS her children to become NERDS? Doesn't she realize the SOCIAL PROBLEMS she is causing for them? Unless these boys are raised in an community where intellectual skills are valued above athletic skills (uncommon), this mother is risking some severe social adjustment problems in her children. When they get to elementary school, how does she think the other boys will treat her sons, if they cannot play ball well or defend themselves in a streetfight? What will happen to their self-esteem? How will their leadership and social skills and develop, if they are not respected by their peers? Net readers beware. Don't let this happen to your children. Frank Silbermann