What is your gyms policy on dealing with children who have fears? My daughter tends to be fearful especially learning new skills. It takes her longer than most to learn new things because of her fears. The beginning of the summer it was BHS on beam and cast hand stands. Now she has those but is afraid of Cartwheel/back tuck dismounts. She balks and stands near the end of the beam, attempting them but not connecting them. When she balks she is given physical punishment - the other day it was 500 frog jumps - they stopped her after 100 & then had her go to a "time out" for about 10 minutes. Last night same thing, except because I was present watching (we are only allowed to observe last 15 min) it was 50 frog jumps and no time out. Any advice on how she should concur her fears? Is this the right approach in dealing with fears?