If there are fewer nonball players than players, then

Posted By: he is minority of nonball players. nm on 2007-12-27
In Reply to: ....tell him you are proud of his talents - n/m

x

Complete Discussion Below:

marks the location of current message within thread

My 10 year old, non-sports-oriented son is so sad! (sm) - Worried mom
- Update: We went ice skating yesterday pm and he had a great time (sm) - OP - Thanks all!
  - You're a good mommy! - Me
- Encourage him - mt6547
- Street hockey - Malki Reed
- Team sports are for 'sheep' - has he been to a local - skateboard park? Lotsa potential pals there!
  - PS: Skateboarding & skating ARE 'sports' - and can - San Francisco
    - I would not encourage him to resort to name calling. - trose
- Been there...sm - The Other Sunshine
  - Thanks - He actually wants guitar lessons (sm) - Worried Mom
- See if there is something he would - Z
  - Very good suggestions, thank you (nm) - Worried mom
- he is not a Minority; you don't use that word in front of him, right? Focus on his talents; tell - there are others who skateboard/rollerblade - n/m
  - I definitely do focus on his talents and of course I don't use that word with him (sm) - Worried mom
  - ....tell him you are proud of his talents - n/m
    - Believe me, I tell him - but he's a kid, he wants other kids to approve of him. (nm) - Worried mom
    - If there are fewer nonball players than players, then - he is minority of nonball players. nm
      - Right - he IS a minority in the group of kids he is around on a reg. basis (nm) - Worried mom
        and THAT makes him a nonconformist which is - A WONDERFUL THING.....support this!...n/m
        That is true - and I LOVE that about him - but also want him to be happy (sm) - OP
- Invite son's friend for day to they can "train" 1on1, - provide helthy lunch, make this fun for both. nm
- Ask older neighbor boy, etc to work with him? - Practice, even by himself, footwork etc. nm

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu

Other related messages found in our database

Question about i-Pod vs MP3 players

My daughter wants an i-pod for x-mas. I do not understand these things. Do you have to buy the downloads of music on top of the very costly equipment. Whats the difference between i-Pods and MP3 players? Any help for old santa here would be appreciated!!

Thanks

Was thinking he is just one of the office players. do not take it seriously.
x

The little dogs are named after WWII players...

Winston (the Churchill), Patton (the general), and Sherman (the tank). All are little yappy dogs with severe "little man" syndromes. My husband picked those names. All the other names I picked...garden-variety simple girly girl names for my female farmyard animals.

But 275-pound footbal players are taller than 5 feet, therefore not so wide. nm
x

less is best....fewer words. If you need to say Hi, do not follow it with how are you, if she asks
nm

garden, fewer trips to the store - sm
Watching the sale papers for really good deals and planning meals around those. Safeway and Albertsons usually have a few 10 for $10 sales every week. I will max out those sales on a couple items if we use a lot of them.

Trying to stretch a gallon of milk is getting more expensive too. Powdered milk is skyrocketing along with everything else but it still does make a gallon last a little longer so will keep doing that. We go through at least a gallon a day, sometimes more.

Telling the kids that I am not the local taxi service for their friends and cannot provide them transportation here and there all the time. My own kids will have to work harder to combine their schedules to cut back on needless trips too.

If one is one place and another somewhere else, I will only drop off or pick up ONCE.

Used to be that the kids would have me running 4-5 trips a day. No more. If they can't leave or be picked up at the same time, too bad.

OMG - the residents of Haight-Ashbury taking even fewer baths? Run for your lives! nm
x