dani4
Proud Parent
DH and I joke around that our 4.5 year old DD is a bit on the lazy side. Saturday morning when I told her that it was time to get ready for gymnastics she said "I don't like my new gymnastics class, it is too tiring."
I smiled but I managed to hold back the raucous laughter that I felt trying to escape. "Darling, that is how you get stronger, by doing things that make you tired. Are you having fun at your gymnastics class?"
"Yes, but I can't do everything they tell us to do- I get too tired!"
So I explained the concept of building strength and endurance to my 4 year old. I used my own real life example of working on pull-ups, which I can now barely do after months of lifting weights. She seemed satisfied with my answer. I really hope that this is a lesson that she takes to heart, and that she learns to appreciate the value of doing things that make you tired. Part of the reason her complaint was SO FUNNY to me is that I come home every evening to my kids doing sprints across the living room, and doing frog jumps 3 feet in the air. Or putting on a full scale dance show, complete with drumming and musical instruments. They don't sit around, and I've never heard anyone complain about being tired before. I switched DD into the pre-team class partly because she used to complain after her rec class, "that wasn't enough gymnastics for me- I don't feel like going home yet." She hasn't made that complaint again, since being in the new class . And she really does look happy, even though she is not doing everything as well as the other kids. She is putting a lot of effort in, and I think it will pay off for her.
I smiled but I managed to hold back the raucous laughter that I felt trying to escape. "Darling, that is how you get stronger, by doing things that make you tired. Are you having fun at your gymnastics class?"
"Yes, but I can't do everything they tell us to do- I get too tired!"
So I explained the concept of building strength and endurance to my 4 year old. I used my own real life example of working on pull-ups, which I can now barely do after months of lifting weights. She seemed satisfied with my answer. I really hope that this is a lesson that she takes to heart, and that she learns to appreciate the value of doing things that make you tired. Part of the reason her complaint was SO FUNNY to me is that I come home every evening to my kids doing sprints across the living room, and doing frog jumps 3 feet in the air. Or putting on a full scale dance show, complete with drumming and musical instruments. They don't sit around, and I've never heard anyone complain about being tired before. I switched DD into the pre-team class partly because she used to complain after her rec class, "that wasn't enough gymnastics for me- I don't feel like going home yet." She hasn't made that complaint again, since being in the new class . And she really does look happy, even though she is not doing everything as well as the other kids. She is putting a lot of effort in, and I think it will pay off for her.