This is more of a rant, but I'm still looking for help and other parents to offer their advice.
I went to Peanut's tiny tumbler class last night to watch because I missed parent-watch week. This class is ages 18 months to four years, before they move up to the next class. So the kids are basically babies, and the class is more of an outlet for their energy than anything real serious. Peanut's doing well and can do rolls, cartwheels, handstands and backbends. Not bad for a 3 year old boy.
My problem is one of the moms who is becoming very much a stage mom. She was yelling at her little one, Merisa, the whole time, telling her she wasn't trying hard enough, she needed to pay attention, and that she was wasting her mother's money. Merisa just turned 2, and she's so tiny, but doesn't have the interest. It's really distracting for the only kids and their parents to hear this mom yelling at her kid the whole class.
So, how do you deal with the stage-mom type? I know it's not my place, since I'm just a spectator, but I feel bad for this little girl. For a two year old, she's got some promise, and I think someone must have said that to her mom, and that's why she's pushing it so much, but I think in the end, Merisa's going to resent her for it and quit...
I went to Peanut's tiny tumbler class last night to watch because I missed parent-watch week. This class is ages 18 months to four years, before they move up to the next class. So the kids are basically babies, and the class is more of an outlet for their energy than anything real serious. Peanut's doing well and can do rolls, cartwheels, handstands and backbends. Not bad for a 3 year old boy.
My problem is one of the moms who is becoming very much a stage mom. She was yelling at her little one, Merisa, the whole time, telling her she wasn't trying hard enough, she needed to pay attention, and that she was wasting her mother's money. Merisa just turned 2, and she's so tiny, but doesn't have the interest. It's really distracting for the only kids and their parents to hear this mom yelling at her kid the whole class.
So, how do you deal with the stage-mom type? I know it's not my place, since I'm just a spectator, but I feel bad for this little girl. For a two year old, she's got some promise, and I think someone must have said that to her mom, and that's why she's pushing it so much, but I think in the end, Merisa's going to resent her for it and quit...