I think you should keep close unless neither of those gyms seems to offer solid, safe coaching. The additional factor to consider is how long you and your child would last driving two hours each practice day. Your daughter might lose interest much more quickly than she would at a gym only 20...
My daughter's old gym acted somewhat similarly. I don't think the head coaches thought they were being deceitful. I believe they genuinely convinced themselves that their rationalizations were true. At our gym, the issue was often the size of the level so, for example, if there were not enough...
My husband was asked to apply for a job in Columbus. In case we end up there, does anyone have experience with gyms in the city area? Any recommendations of gyms to consider or ones to avoid? Thanks!
Here's an example of poor communication. A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail with my daughter's hours for the fall season. The e-mail was sent to all our parents of girls in her training group. I glanced up at the others who received the e-mail and was shocked. There were a large number of...
So glad to hear you had your daughter tested, Mimi. I was very short through middle school and then suddenly grew so you never know. My best friend in elementary school and I were always the first two in line (for some reason they lined us up by height back then!). She's still petite and I'm...
A little off-topic here, but how do you know that your daughter will only be 4'10"? Not to be too nosy, but if she has had a bone scan or some other testing that shows this, have you spoken with her pediatrician about growth hormone testing? My nephew has been diagnosed with growth hormone...
Hi everyone. My daughter is currently at Woodward with her team. I assumed that the team coaches would work with the girls during Open Gym but that has not been the case. Her coach just looks in on them every once in a while. Was I wrong to assume that? If your daughter has been to Woodward as...
Paying less in taxes is bad for the economy because it encourages business behaviors that are bad for the economy. The country is better off when people create something (widgets, tanks, books, etc.) that can be sold and hire people not when they make a small fortune off legalized gambling. Of...
The biz I'm referring to is Bain Capital. And they don't really make their money consolidating underperforming businesses. Private equity firms like Bain earn most of their money through financial manipulation. A big share of their returns comes from “tax arbitrage”—figuring out how to exploit...
Hmm. That's not how Romney's biz made its money. It bought out companies' balance sheets, sacked the employees, and pocketed the cash. They got more money, people lost jobs. Unfortunately, there's a whole lot of ways for companies to grow without adding benefit to the country because we have a...
Let's talk about US tax policy. The tax rate on capital gains was lowered first under Clinton and then again under Bush, making the rate now only 15%. What people don't seem to realize is that the very rich receive most of their income in capital gains. The US now has the highest level of...
This isn't actually true. Most really rich people earn the bulk of their money through capital distribution which is why someone like Warren Buffet pays a lower percentage of his salary in taxes than his secretary. There is a great new book out by a Nobel prize winning economist who coined the...
Hi Donut Lover. Please don't take this the wrong way, but do you have this much emotional turmoil at school or at home? If you cry like this, at your age, during other activities as well you might want to speak with someone (a school counselor or therapist) to see about learning some skills to...
I think I'm in the minority here, but I think you have reason to be frustrated. I'm not sure it is worth leaving a gym over, but I definitely think that I would expect my daughter to move up if she had all the skills for level 5 and such a successful level 4 season, especially with your...