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lilgymmie7
DD has not stopped asking when she will get to go back to her old gym to say good bye to her friends. I know that I posted on here that when DD's old coaches heard she was trying out at a new gym they asked her to leave. They really were looking at the situation on a business stand point and knew that once she had her try out she would talk about it to her teammates. DD is very much the verbal, social butterfly.
Although I was taken aback a bit about the whole thing and in retrospect, I now understand it was for the best. Timing is everything, and I did move her about a month and a half before states. They had the other gymmies to think about at the time.
The problem however is that DD was with her level 5 team since she was 4 and the level 6 team since she was 5. Altogether, she had been with them for three years. She probably sees them as her big sisters. She loves her new gym: She says this all the time! She has made great friends already at her new gym.
My question: Is it a good idea for DD to go in to say goodbye to her friends? I have communicated with the other parents via phone and/or FB and I have been able to say good bye, but DD is only 7 and she has not been able to do that. I just want her to know that I hear her and that I respect her feelings.
I wouldn't have a concern other than when I messaged a friend who is still there asking if I should bring her in she replied "No." That the old feelings would come back. DD had broken down when she saw her old level 5 team at a meet she was at with her new gym. However, DD does miss her old teammates but loves her new ones and the entire gym, especially her new coaches. What to do???
Although I was taken aback a bit about the whole thing and in retrospect, I now understand it was for the best. Timing is everything, and I did move her about a month and a half before states. They had the other gymmies to think about at the time.
The problem however is that DD was with her level 5 team since she was 4 and the level 6 team since she was 5. Altogether, she had been with them for three years. She probably sees them as her big sisters. She loves her new gym: She says this all the time! She has made great friends already at her new gym.
My question: Is it a good idea for DD to go in to say goodbye to her friends? I have communicated with the other parents via phone and/or FB and I have been able to say good bye, but DD is only 7 and she has not been able to do that. I just want her to know that I hear her and that I respect her feelings.
I wouldn't have a concern other than when I messaged a friend who is still there asking if I should bring her in she replied "No." That the old feelings would come back. DD had broken down when she saw her old level 5 team at a meet she was at with her new gym. However, DD does miss her old teammates but loves her new ones and the entire gym, especially her new coaches. What to do???