Went to the parents meeting tonight (first one of the year). We were supposed to have a fundraising committee meeting afterwards..but the reg meeting ran so long (over 2 hrs) that we postponed it until the first part of June.
They talked about any new rules ect. that they have. They talked about if you have a problem with how things are ran come to them..not another parent. (I know of one instance where something like this happened..but they were not there..so not sure who this directed at).
Anywho..then the HC said...For those of you who pay your children to do good at meets..if you could please ask you child to refrane from talking about how much money they are going to make from that particular meet during awards...that would be great.
I could not even wrap my poor pea-brain around her statement...let alone the idea that this is done.
Then, as all the parents are looking around the room with mouths hung open..eyes unblinking... One parents pipes up...Well its a great motivator for so and so..if I offer her 20 bucks for every 9 she gets.
If anyone practices this..i do not mean this offensivly. But if it ever got to the point where I had to pay my DD to do her best..then I would know it was time to sit down with her and discuss if this is really the sport for her anymore.
Yes, after every meet we go out to eat. (normaly because we are out of town..the meet happened during her dinner time...its after 9pm and we have at least an hour to drive home). But I dont base how she does on her reward. We just go out..get a bite to eat..and talk about what a wonderful job she did. You feel off beam..oh well..you got back up didnt you? You didnt get all the way over on your hip circle..oh well..you stuck with it till you got it around all by yourself..didnt you? I asked my dd what she liked best about this past comp season and she said. "I had fun, I did my best, and I made new friends".
Everyone has their way of doing things..i was just taken aback by this. The parent said it like it was no big deal..like we all do it. But this is the same parent that thinks we should for-go a certain meet this coming season because their DD doesnt like the domed top to the arena.
Just had to share that one. Very few things leave me baffled..but this one I cant seem to stop thinking about. I really do feel for the DD. How is she going to handle being out in the real world?
They talked about any new rules ect. that they have. They talked about if you have a problem with how things are ran come to them..not another parent. (I know of one instance where something like this happened..but they were not there..so not sure who this directed at).
Anywho..then the HC said...For those of you who pay your children to do good at meets..if you could please ask you child to refrane from talking about how much money they are going to make from that particular meet during awards...that would be great.
I could not even wrap my poor pea-brain around her statement...let alone the idea that this is done.
Then, as all the parents are looking around the room with mouths hung open..eyes unblinking... One parents pipes up...Well its a great motivator for so and so..if I offer her 20 bucks for every 9 she gets.
If anyone practices this..i do not mean this offensivly. But if it ever got to the point where I had to pay my DD to do her best..then I would know it was time to sit down with her and discuss if this is really the sport for her anymore.
Yes, after every meet we go out to eat. (normaly because we are out of town..the meet happened during her dinner time...its after 9pm and we have at least an hour to drive home). But I dont base how she does on her reward. We just go out..get a bite to eat..and talk about what a wonderful job she did. You feel off beam..oh well..you got back up didnt you? You didnt get all the way over on your hip circle..oh well..you stuck with it till you got it around all by yourself..didnt you? I asked my dd what she liked best about this past comp season and she said. "I had fun, I did my best, and I made new friends".
Everyone has their way of doing things..i was just taken aback by this. The parent said it like it was no big deal..like we all do it. But this is the same parent that thinks we should for-go a certain meet this coming season because their DD doesnt like the domed top to the arena.
Just had to share that one. Very few things leave me baffled..but this one I cant seem to stop thinking about. I really do feel for the DD. How is she going to handle being out in the real world?