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Our tuition increases every year around this time. I wouldn't expect them to increase more due to COVID-19.

Nothing significant with either of my mine. Maybe 1/4 of an inch of growth since the last time I measured them which was in February. The only noticeable difference so far is that they are less lean than they were due to the drastic reduction in training. Their bodies are healing from chronic...

it's good news indeed if asthma is not a risk factor! Off to research!

Also the FDA recommendation is still to wipe down shopping cart handles. So what about gymnastics equipment? Ugh. This sucks because I think we might be the only ones not sending the kids back if their gyms decide to open. I 100% see how you can distance the athletes but I just don't see how...

You may be right that we would be assuming some risk by sending our kids to gym. One of my mine has asthma so it's an additional factor in our decision to send them. Thankfully I don't think our gyms will reopen for another 6-8 weeks at the earliest so we have some time to think about it.

How do you even properly sanitize the floor or all the leather on the equipment though? Is this just a risk that we need to get comfortable with? It's weird going from sanitizing groceries to letting the kids touch equipment that was touched by other people, I can't wrap my mind around it.

The problem is the alleged verbal abuse and bullying, not the policies themselves. It's entirely possible for a gym to have all those same policies without any abusive coaching. On the other hand, it's possible that the polices allowed the abusive behaviour to happen for longer than it should have.

You say that she has anxiety. Anxiety is not rational, ultimatums won't work. I went through something very similar but much worse with my DD when she was 9. In her case, not going to gym upset her A LOT but she also couldn't bring herself to go. It lasted weeks during which the coaches and we...

My DD was also that One Girl once upon a time. She did a gym switch and was put in a L3 group while she couldn't do a front walkover or back walkover or even a back bend. The coach saw something in her and that's why she was slotted with this particular group. She stayed "behind" the girls from...

I think maybe your experience is different because you had 2 kids who are both equally involved in the same sport (presumably at the same gym) so you get to spend a lot of time together. For most people, this is just not the case. For us, we lead basically separate lives everyday except for...

We have this one: https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/springfree-oval-trampoline-with-safety-enclosure-8-x-11-ft-0846840p.0846840.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3eqp4tid3wIVApPtCh091Qu3EAQYASABEgItePD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#store=53 We got it during our pre-gymnastics years. Nowadays the kids jump, do seat...

True dat! Our boys don't match. Some have different singlets because HC doesn't require us to buy new uniforms if the old ones still fit, even if the new ones are different. OP - we switched mid-season to a gym 45 mins away for my son and it has been the best thing :)

I think the abusive behaviour is a gym culture thing and not unique to USAG. It happens in all countries, in USAIGC gyms, in AAU gyms, in college gyms. Agree there needs to be an effort from the leading organization to change it.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is exactly my thought. They could keep going at least for this season. Now...whether people choose to stay with them for the next season is a whole other matter. The thing is, USAG has some good things, it's just the elite system and some of the staff that were terrible. The JO program -...

Does anyone know if the authority figure/power imbalance factor has any bearing from a legal standpoint? could it be an extenuating circumstance which could lead to dropping the charges against her? Or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

This is exactly us. Lots and lots of spotting on bars, much less on the other events unless needed.

37 hours a week is a full time job :eek:

The Ezhova only makes sense if she has front giants - is she working those?

I agree with you. It's so....unnecessary.