My daughter is an 11 year old who just moved to optionals at the beginning of the summer. She will compete level 7 in the spring.
My daughter has always been a little hard to figure out. She is very sweet but also very touchy. She is very hard on herself and gets frustrated at herself quite frequently. She is also a kid who when upset wants to be left alone. She is not an attention seeker.
So it seems that lately my daughter is having some attitude problems in the gym. I am not sure if its the age or the fact that she's a little more comfortable there or what? Apparently when she gets upset or frustrated she won't look at the coaches when they are trying to talk to her. Will sometimes keep walking as they are talking to her.
I am very bothered by this because I do not want my kids to ever be disrespectful. She works very hard in the gym and I have talked to her about all this but it just seems like I'm not making a lot of progress. I did tell one of the coaches that letting her have a little cool down time works better at home than trying to get her to talk about what's bothering her. She keeps a lot inside which is tough on me and her coaches.
Would love any input here. From coaches or parents. She has never been verbally disrespectful and I don't think she realizes how rude her body language looks....
My daughter has always been a little hard to figure out. She is very sweet but also very touchy. She is very hard on herself and gets frustrated at herself quite frequently. She is also a kid who when upset wants to be left alone. She is not an attention seeker.
So it seems that lately my daughter is having some attitude problems in the gym. I am not sure if its the age or the fact that she's a little more comfortable there or what? Apparently when she gets upset or frustrated she won't look at the coaches when they are trying to talk to her. Will sometimes keep walking as they are talking to her.
I am very bothered by this because I do not want my kids to ever be disrespectful. She works very hard in the gym and I have talked to her about all this but it just seems like I'm not making a lot of progress. I did tell one of the coaches that letting her have a little cool down time works better at home than trying to get her to talk about what's bothering her. She keeps a lot inside which is tough on me and her coaches.
Would love any input here. From coaches or parents. She has never been verbally disrespectful and I don't think she realizes how rude her body language looks....