Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Bicycle stunts, Skateboards and other adolescent activities

on 9/2/2002 8:18 PM, Fred H. Olson at fholson [at] cohousing.org wrote:

> Other people, particularly the parents, feel that their teens would not wear
> them and then opt to do their skateboarding away from our site.  They would
> prefer that their kids feel welcome here or that they feel that their kids
> are skilled enough that it wouldn't be worth fighting "this battle."

The parents and bicycle riders here have decided that everyone, adults and
teens and children, should wear helmets as an example to everyone else. It
is one thing to not wear a helmet but another to take responsibility for
influencing someone else not to wear one.

In working with teens in other situations, I found that it helps to have
strong rules because it helps them avoid peer pressure. They can blame their
parents instead of feeling like a wimp.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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Re: Bicycle stunts, Skateboards and other adolescent activities	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 19:37:05 -0600 (MDT)