Recent content by caligymmom

Honestly, this trend toward the extreme when it comes to kids and sports (no scores or everyone gets a trophy), or even school (programs that don't do tests, homework, or grades) is really frustrating. It is a part of LIFE to win, lose, succeed, fail, have people be better than you, be in the...

Great advice! Thank you

All great advice! Thank you so much!! :)

My 8 year old is competing 5 and wants to go 7 in the Spring. For those moms who have already been down this road, any advice? Right now DD is doing 5 days, and school/homework has been a challenge. She's very committed to maintaining her hours, so we're giving it a few weeks to settle...

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Thanks for the feedback! DD has been involved in various activities since about 2, and actually chose gymnastics herself to begin with! We scaled back on other activities when kinder began to keep things low stress with her first year having homework, and quite a bit of it I must say. This...

Hi Everyone, Our DD competed IGC Copper this year and had a great season. The coaches just gave out new group recommendations and want DD to move over to USAG and start training 10 hours a week, up from the 4 hours she trains right now. Our concern is with her being so young. I know kids can...

First of all, I posed a question as to the motivations behind what appeared to be highly critical viewpoints about Gabby Douglas' decision to leave her gym and pursue other opportunities, while trying to maintain her career in elite gymnastics. I did not call anyone a racist or accuse anyone of...

It is truly unbelievable how hateful people can be. There are no reports anywhere saying that Gabby or her family owe Chow's gym money. His wife has commented on the situation and has NEVER said they were owed any money. It's pathetic to read adults tear down a child and a family they don't...

No worries.. I guess after the 7th post about tuition, and not really my question, I got a little biffed... sorry if I came off snappy.. Well the way this class was described to us when we were invited to move into it was that it was more focused on form than the rec classes, and it was a...

What gyms are those? Not familiar...

Sorry... I guess I was feeling a little attacked because my question seemed to be lost after disclosing tuition. Didn't mean to get snipey. I can (usually) take a joke :)

YES. I don't expect My daughter to start training for the Olympics tomorrow, so if the class weren't expensive and this new coach spent more time playing but the kids were having fun, I would not have had as much of a problem. I never said the kids were receiving poor coaching, or that I felt...

I can't tell... Is this sarcasm? Are you mocking me? Not sure what the point is....

We've never been anywhere else for pre-competitive gymnastics, so I have nothing to compare it to. And to be honest, as long as dd is having fun, learning, and progressing, I'm fine to pay whatever price. It's when I see not many skills being worked and the goofing off, the fact of the price...