This thread makes me sad but also makes me grateful for our gym. No gym is perfect but when a kid switches gyms many kids and parents stay friends and the coaches leave the door open for a return. This slash and burn strategy doesn’t have to be the way.
No. My family is a circus. My parents were the same way with my brother and I. Like I'm not talking about saltos and yurchenkos here... I'm not even the only parent I know who does the same thing.
You know... I'd like to politely dissent from the "completely hands off" point of view.
My son took up music a year ago. I play music. At his music teacher's request, I help him decipher his weekly lessons, I correct bad form and do drills with him. We also joyously make music together...