Hello,
I'm here looking for some advice. My DD just turned 6 (2 weeks ago) and is in level 1 gymnastics. She's been in gymnastics since age 2 and always seemed to love it. Last night she told DH and I that she wants to quit. She's been sick on and off for the past month, and her gym was closed for 2 weeks during the holidays. So she hasn't been to practice in a month. I'm thinking she's just getting lazy and if we gently push her back to practice then she will get into the groove of things. We pay per 10 sessions, so she still has 6 session to go. We do plan on making her finish out those sessions. She only goes once a week for 1 hour. So it's not like it's a long practice. She's the youngest and smallest in her class so I'm just wondering if that's why she's getting frustrated. She's made pretty good progress in the last year, and I'm really afraid if we just let her quit then she will regress and lose all the skills that she's learned. I have a feeling if we let her quit, she'll eventually want to start back then will be even more discouraged because she's lost everything.
We did have to switch gyms about 2 years ago. Her first gym was a dance studio/gym and she started out there in the tiny tumblers class. Over the course of the two years she really got close to her coach and the teammates. When she turned 5 they wanted her to go into the "big gym" and she really enjoyed that, but the schedule they had wouldn't work for DH and I because we both work. We switched to another gym for about a year but it was a far drive. Once she hit certain skills they wanted her to go on pre-team for 1.5 hours 2 times a week. With the drive we wouldn't have gotten home until after 9:00. We couldn't do that being her starting school.
So, we found a great gym closer to us, but she doesn't seem to like it as much. I have to admit though, they are way better than the previous gyms we have been to. They have some of the highest ranking gymnast in our county, so I know they are doing something right. Anyway, sorry to get off track. My question is should we keep pushing her to go or let her quit? DH says to just let her quit because she's been wanting to try karate. We can't do both because of our schedules. Any ideas?
I'm here looking for some advice. My DD just turned 6 (2 weeks ago) and is in level 1 gymnastics. She's been in gymnastics since age 2 and always seemed to love it. Last night she told DH and I that she wants to quit. She's been sick on and off for the past month, and her gym was closed for 2 weeks during the holidays. So she hasn't been to practice in a month. I'm thinking she's just getting lazy and if we gently push her back to practice then she will get into the groove of things. We pay per 10 sessions, so she still has 6 session to go. We do plan on making her finish out those sessions. She only goes once a week for 1 hour. So it's not like it's a long practice. She's the youngest and smallest in her class so I'm just wondering if that's why she's getting frustrated. She's made pretty good progress in the last year, and I'm really afraid if we just let her quit then she will regress and lose all the skills that she's learned. I have a feeling if we let her quit, she'll eventually want to start back then will be even more discouraged because she's lost everything.
We did have to switch gyms about 2 years ago. Her first gym was a dance studio/gym and she started out there in the tiny tumblers class. Over the course of the two years she really got close to her coach and the teammates. When she turned 5 they wanted her to go into the "big gym" and she really enjoyed that, but the schedule they had wouldn't work for DH and I because we both work. We switched to another gym for about a year but it was a far drive. Once she hit certain skills they wanted her to go on pre-team for 1.5 hours 2 times a week. With the drive we wouldn't have gotten home until after 9:00. We couldn't do that being her starting school.
So, we found a great gym closer to us, but she doesn't seem to like it as much. I have to admit though, they are way better than the previous gyms we have been to. They have some of the highest ranking gymnast in our county, so I know they are doing something right. Anyway, sorry to get off track. My question is should we keep pushing her to go or let her quit? DH says to just let her quit because she's been wanting to try karate. We can't do both because of our schedules. Any ideas?