Would you allow your 10 yo to roller skate in the house?

[Anonymous]

Absolutely yes if it's tile floor or cement in the basement or garage...I do slalom skating and that's how I started and it's how I skate on rainy days. We have tiles throughout. But absolutely no on wood floors or laminate - it WILL damage the floor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not a my child of any age roller skate on hardwood floors, because of the risk of damage to the floors and nearby objects. I would certainly allow it in an unfinshed basement as long as I didn't think the kid would hurt himself. We let our kids play floor hockey and nerf basketball upstairs, and after figuring out what a technique-driven sport soccer is, we have activively encouraged them to have a soccer ball at their feet throughout the house whenever they want. We also let them use our (plain, wooden) garage door as a soccer rebounder.

I grew up with parents who were very strict about not allowing active play/roughousing of any kind inside. It would be an understatement to say that my mother (who stays with us each winter) is not amused by our decision to let the kids play ball indoors. I don't think that's why I let them do it, but I'm not self-aware enough to say for sure. Regardless, they are both now very skillful soccer players.

"Mom always said, don't play ball in the house!" -- Bobby Brady

[Anonymous]

I roller skate in my house, and I'm 41.

We have older durable completely ugly floors, so it's no big deal. That said, skateboards, ripsticks, scooters, etc. go outside because those have a tendency to accidentally shoot through plate glass windows.

[Anonymous]

In the basement, sure. Not upstairs, but mostly because there wouldn't be enough room.

Of course, this is coming from someone whose dad built her a balance beam and let her do handsprings on that beam in the basement growing up, so possibly my standards are a little whacked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll be the voice of dissent.
Yes, I do. We live abroad in a very large apartment with not a lot of furniture and the kids wear their rollerblades almost daily. They also use their scooters inside.
Floors are fine, they are not wood though.

We own the place and our downstairs neighbor is the parking garage.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I let my dd's roller skate around the first floor. We have hard wood floors and some cheap linoleum. I haven't seen a single scratch. My dd's are 7 and 9.

[Anonymous]

I broke my wrist doing this

[Anonymous]

I would but my DH's head would explode, so no outdoor stuff inside the house. I kind of hate having wood floors now because he is so focused on them not getting scratched. Ugh. Seems like setting oneself up for misery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I broke my wrist doing this

Wrist guards next time.

[Anonymous]

No, I wouldn't allow skating in the house.

[Anonymous]

Um, no!

[Anonymous]

No. You will ruin your floors

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:*sigh. Absolutely not. Parenting Fail.

PARENTING fail? Why? Residence owner/renter fail, if anything. Roller skating in the house harms the floors, not the children.

Because contrary to the belief of way too many parents today (my oldest is 26), part of your responsibility to your children is to TEACH them how to behave. Children need to be taught that roller skating inside a home is not ok. Neither is playing basketball, climbing on furniture, or screaming. When I read things like this I wonder - Does anyone actually parent anymore?

Roller skating, playing basketball, climbing on furniture, and screaming inside a home are ok if the people in charge of the home say it is.

For what it's worth, my parents let my children jump on the bed.

+1
My kid is really well behaved in public, probably because I let him do all kinds of crap at home.

[Anonymous]

yes I probably would let my kid (s) do this, so long as my floors could take it.

[Anonymous]

My 10 year old is skating inside right now! He does nearly every day. I haven't noticed any floor scratches though our floors are not pristine.