Hockey Mama?

I’m not sure if the hockey is going to last. He might be too young, it might be too early, he just might not like it. I have no experience in how to gently make him stick with something; this is new territory. We’ve gone three times – today we left mighty early though, as it seemed pointless for me to sit outside in the cold with a cold if he was just going to lay on his back on the ice and refuse help from the trainers* – and we’ll try again next Saturday but I don’t know. How long do you make a three-and-a-half year old keep doing something? If I push him will I spoil something that he might like at four-and-a-half when he’s got more confidence? If I don’t push will he walk away from it forever without really knowing if it was for him? If I let him walk away from this am I starting him down the road of walking away from what’s hard, not learning determination? And if I’ve got this much angst about three-and-a-half-year-old hockey camp, what am I going to do when things get real?

It’s just hockey.

* Okay, in fairness he did skate once. Doesn’t he look good?

And I am foolishly attempting NaBloPoMo. Consider this Day One.

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