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Supportive_Dad
Please help. My sweet quiet L6 daughter has just recently started breaking down into tears whenever we pull into the parking lot of the gym.
5 years never a problem like this. She broke her foot last fall in a tumbling pass but worked back. Three weeks ago she twisted her ankle and miss
a week's practice. Now she's come back and is competing. Last week
these crying episodes have started. One of her best gym friends just broke her foot. Now its getting worse.
There was great advice of overcoming fears of a particular skill but this isn't her problem. She's got a recent general fear of geting hurt. She told me she has to excuse herself during practices and cry it out in the bathroom. She's talked to the head coach about it.
When I learned all the details this morning, I told her that all serious gymnasts go through something like this. It was normal and that we'll work though it together. She's affraid to let any girls at the gym know her fears.
What can I do to help and support her?
Thanks
5 years never a problem like this. She broke her foot last fall in a tumbling pass but worked back. Three weeks ago she twisted her ankle and miss
a week's practice. Now she's come back and is competing. Last week
these crying episodes have started. One of her best gym friends just broke her foot. Now its getting worse.
There was great advice of overcoming fears of a particular skill but this isn't her problem. She's got a recent general fear of geting hurt. She told me she has to excuse herself during practices and cry it out in the bathroom. She's talked to the head coach about it.
When I learned all the details this morning, I told her that all serious gymnasts go through something like this. It was normal and that we'll work though it together. She's affraid to let any girls at the gym know her fears.
What can I do to help and support her?
Thanks