CuriousCate
Proud Parent
Ok, so I'm at work and gonna have to post and run here...but I have to get this off my chest and then come back to a serious CB a$$ whooping to get me in check before I leave for the day to pick up my kiddo!
So my ODD just turned 7 and is training level 4. She's never been the star, but she is the youngest on her team by a good bit and holds her own really well. She's humble and works hard.
Now my YDD just turned 5 and has been on the pre-team since August. She is tiny and strong and has potential but thinks that she's awesome and doesn't need to work that hard. She is really hoping to get moved up to lvl 2 this summer because her big sis did and bc most of her current team will be moved up. If she does, she will also be the youngest kid but not by much (there are a few girls who are within 4-6 months; the rest are 1+ years older).
Her coach is doing a check mark chart to show the skills the girls need by the end of May to move up (really they decide before that, though...) and YDD is falling behind the other girls despite having been one of the stronger ones just as of last month. When ODD tries to give her gentle advice, YDD gets all pissy about it.
I know she's young and I know that every child is different so I can't compare to my ODD, but MAN IS IT ANNOYING to watch her not work hard and not keep up when I know that physically she can. I try to keep my mouth shut, but watching that check mark chart skew more and more each practice when I pick her up, esp on skills I KNOW she can do, is driving me nuts.
Ok, y'all. Tell me to get over it. Tell me that she's 5 and I'm being a CGM. Tell me something! And also, give me some advice on how to talk to her about what she wants and how to help her work to her potential. I'm not used to having to do this part bc my ODD was basically born a grown up!
TIA!!!
So my ODD just turned 7 and is training level 4. She's never been the star, but she is the youngest on her team by a good bit and holds her own really well. She's humble and works hard.
Now my YDD just turned 5 and has been on the pre-team since August. She is tiny and strong and has potential but thinks that she's awesome and doesn't need to work that hard. She is really hoping to get moved up to lvl 2 this summer because her big sis did and bc most of her current team will be moved up. If she does, she will also be the youngest kid but not by much (there are a few girls who are within 4-6 months; the rest are 1+ years older).
Her coach is doing a check mark chart to show the skills the girls need by the end of May to move up (really they decide before that, though...) and YDD is falling behind the other girls despite having been one of the stronger ones just as of last month. When ODD tries to give her gentle advice, YDD gets all pissy about it.
I know she's young and I know that every child is different so I can't compare to my ODD, but MAN IS IT ANNOYING to watch her not work hard and not keep up when I know that physically she can. I try to keep my mouth shut, but watching that check mark chart skew more and more each practice when I pick her up, esp on skills I KNOW she can do, is driving me nuts.
Ok, y'all. Tell me to get over it. Tell me that she's 5 and I'm being a CGM. Tell me something! And also, give me some advice on how to talk to her about what she wants and how to help her work to her potential. I'm not used to having to do this part bc my ODD was basically born a grown up!
TIA!!!