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!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Re: Large muscle motor skills? Message-ID: <15@unc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Apr-85 17:14:55 EST Article-I.D.: unc.15 Posted: Sat Apr 13 17:14:55 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Apr-85 05:32:18 EST References: <7337@watrose.UUCP> <1014@gloria.UUCP> <273@unc.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Distribution: net Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 34 Summary: In article greg@olivee.UUCP (Greg Paley) writes: > >The sarcasm is unwarranted. I wasn't trying to imply that >athletic skills were to be valued above intellectual development. >My point was that a certain amount of physical play and activity >is important and necessary. In the case I cited, these were >being completely ignored. > > - Greg Paley I was not being sarcastic (overly dramatic, perhaps, but serious). My family did not believe that ANY level of physical fitness or athletic skill was necessary. That mother you quoted could have been my mother. I experienced all the difficulties described below. >> 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