sledding and supervision

[Anonymous]

I supervised my sixth grader, so yea. I think it you know there could be issues - you watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless you think they could sled into a tree or street, what harm can they do?

Not OP, but here is what we witnessed over the years sledding with our kids: the kid who pulls his friend onto the sled from a standing position and injures the kid, a kid deciding to surf sled standing up, one kid accidentally hitting another kid with a sled and it was not one of those plastic sleds, and sledding down an area that is way too steep. Luckily the parents were there so we did not need to get involved. We had to once call neighbors about their kid's injury and could not get in touch. Thank goodness he knew his parents' cell phone numbers. So we didn't even know this kid well and had to stay with him and call 911 to get guidance. We were not allowed to move him because he had crashed into a tree and was lying down and there was a risk of a neck and head injury. 911 decided it was worth coming out. Luckily he had only broken an arm and injured his neck and back, but not serious. I did finally get in touch with the parents after repeatedly calling over and over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your child anxious or are you projecting your anxiety?

It's hard to stay whether you're acting rationally, OP. A lot of people on Dcum are ridiculously overprotective, with correspondingly skewed views on how risky certain behaviors are.

But some kids really do need supervision. Mine is a huge elopement risk, for instance. And can play very rough with others because he doesn't process feelings of pain in a neurotypical way.

Well, OP is posting in the SN forum, so......

[Anonymous]

My Black NT kid can be impulsive and is targetted. You better believe I'm going to supervise becuase I am not going to let him take the blame for when other kids are doing things that THEY shouldn't be supposed to be doing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Black NT kid can be impulsive and is targetted. You better believe I'm going to supervise becuase I am not going to let him take the blame for when other kids are doing things that THEY shouldn't be supposed to be doing

I'm sorry to hear your son gets scapegoated. He is fortunate you come with him to make sure it doesn't happen again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My Black NT kid can be impulsive and is targetted. You better believe I'm going to supervise becuase I am not going to let him take the blame for when other kids are doing things that THEY shouldn't be supposed to be doing

I'm sorry to hear your son gets scapegoated. He is fortunate you come with him to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Thank you. I'm sorry I meant to write ND not NT.

[Anonymous]

DS is in 5th grade and parents are always supervising sledding even when kids are NT... The only time there doesn't seem to be direct parental supervision is when they are sledding at one of the kids' houses and the parents are still checking in from time to time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 4th grader and while parents and kids were not sledding this week in a 1:1 adult to child ratio, the 4th and 5th graders I saw were supervised. I took 3 kids one day. My husband was watching over 5 kids another day. I saw plenty of parents I know at the top of the hill. I did see middle schoolers alone.

I think it also depends where they are sledding. Kids in my HOA go sledding down a small hill, and there most are unsupervised after the age of 8 or 9. But if we were to head to the larger hill near the local high School, which is bigger and more crowded, and further from home, then they tend to be supervised up until middle school or so.

Our hill is about 3 elementary soccer fields long and older kids build jumps and moguls on one side - so, yes, supervision. It’s big enough some kids bring snow boards.