Ive met multitudes of 10 even some 12-13 year olds who couldnt tie their shoes when i worked in school.. fucking insane. How did their parents cope with the problem, bought them tie less shoes, or did it for them. Every single time a kid came up to me and asked if i could do it for him, i sinply stated "No, but i can teach you" i got good at it.. and depending on the attention span of the kid i could easily teach them in 5 minutes. Some took longer, i probbly have taught around 50 kids how to do it over the years, it still baffles me when i meet someone out of kindergarten who cant. So sad, parents are fucking inane sometimes.. their idea of making aomething easier, is doing it FOR their child. Ouf..
But i do wish i knew this method back then, it wouldve been a lot faster......
The previous winter my folks had bought rubber boots that had a half dozen metal snapping buckles. That spring my feet were bigger so after a few weeks with my new sneakers with laces and having to have mom re-tie them for me every time a twig or branch snagged them, I asked her to teach me. We didn't have kindergarten in my area back then, very rural.
Your story goes well with an old post about kids wearing diapers to as old as age 11 - https://poal.co/s/Education/646500.
Too many of today's parents suck.
No kindergarten... Mustve been nice. :)
It was, but there were only a couple of "nearby" houses with kids. My folks did not want me wandering off down the road (very rural). There was a lot of using my imagination and making my own fun. I was an only child, the first day of first grade was an eye opener. I remember having high anxiety about going to that first day of first grade, not wanting to get on the bus, so mom went out to the end of the driveway and waited for the bus with me. I think she went out to wait with me the next couple of days, after that I was so excited to go to school and see my new friends ... she didn't have to wait with me, though I know she was watching from the dining room window. Life was so much simpler back then.
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