Anonymous wrote:It's fine with me but my spouse thinks the skates will scratch the wood floors. The skates are brand new and floors are 3 years old.

Not only no but HELL NO! I guess you really were born in a barn, OP.

If you have unfinished area in basement or something, then yes. Anywhere else in the house, of course not.

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.

I used to do it on our concrete basement floor.

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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.

The jumping on grandma's bed is the best, .... then they fall and grandma hugs them... then they get ice cream... for breakfast. Oh... these are good days.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:

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?

UGH! you remind me of my SIL, she never let her kids bounce on grandma's bed. It was awesome... after my BIL and SIL got divorced, the 1st time my nephew visited grandma (at 15) he immediately jumped on grandma's bed. It was so freeing. Then he got off the bed, said... "I know I am too old now but I have been wanting to do that for 10 years."

My kids always jumped on grandma's bed.... (until they showed up then we pretended we didn't... but he knew).

Yes. I totally would, we also play knee hockey, lacrosse (with a tennis ball), soccer and basketball (with a small ball).

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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?

I let my 5yo. Our house is definitely a circus.

Fuck no! Our house isn't a circus!!!

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Anonymous wrote:It's about boundary setting and getting a spine. If you can't tell a ten-year-old "no skating in the house" you are facing huge problems ahead.

Who said anything about can't tell a ten-year-old no? The question is whether you should tell your ten-year-old no. And the answer to that depends on how big your house is, what your floors are made of, and whether you have downstairs neighbors.

If OP was convinced of the rightness of allowing the kid to rollerskate in the house, she wouldn't have posted here. So there is a fear of saying "no" involved. Just say no.

Here is the OP: "It's fine with me but my spouse thinks the skates will scratch the wood floors. The skates are brand new and floors are 3 years old."

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Anonymous wrote:It's about boundary setting and getting a spine. If you can't tell a ten-year-old "no skating in the house" you are facing huge problems ahead.

Who said anything about can't tell a ten-year-old no? The question is whether you should tell your ten-year-old no. And the answer to that depends on how big your house is, what your floors are made of, and whether you have downstairs neighbors.

If OP was convinced of the rightness of allowing the kid to rollerskate in the house, she wouldn't have posted here. So there is a fear of saying "no" involved. Just say no.

Anonymous wrote:It's about boundary setting and getting a spine. If you can't tell a ten-year-old "no skating in the house" you are facing huge problems ahead.

Who said anything about can't tell a ten-year-old no? The question is whether you should tell your ten-year-old no. And the answer to that depends on how big your house is, what your floors are made of, and whether you have downstairs neighbors.

It's about boundary setting and getting a spine. If you can't tell a ten-year-old "no skating in the house" you are facing huge problems ahead.