Advice to continue gynmastic or not

[Anonymous]

You should let your daughter do what she enjoys. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the PP that suggested the slow fade and try to persuade her elsewhere. I personally think female gymnastics is a form of child abuse and if you are at a competitive gym, it will get serious fast and this is time that can be used elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Move on from gymnastics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think like gymnastics and dance is part illusion or fantasy. While there are some girls that genuinely do like it and are well suited for it-the rest seem to like the idea of it. Thery the feminine ideal activities girls are socialized to feel like they need to like. The beautiful ballerinas on stage, the intricate flips of gymnastics are idolized by young girls. Most kids are not going to enjoy an activity they are not good in and are not progressing in. The exception is always dance and gymnastics- girls stick around in these for the illusion.

Personally, I’d do a slow fade from it. Look for activities she can be good in and progress. It will serve her much better in the middle and high school years to find something now she can stick with and be good in

Keep her in recreational gymnastic classes until she no longer wants to go. Easy enough. Ballet should start around 7 years old so she can try that, maybe a summer dance camp.

Dance and gymnastics are not easy to master, why would they stick around if they couldn’t do it? Especially dance where they routinely perform on stage and need to keep up. I don’t know what age you’re talking about but by middle school you can’t fake it anymore.

I can see soccer where all they do is kick a ball back and forth or field hockey, same idea. You can float through those easy enough.

[Anonymous]

Omg put her in little gym - it doesn’t have to be serious gymnastics. We stopped going to a real gymnastics gym because my daughter (6) is painfully uncoordinated but she enjoys running around and getting exercise and playing at little gym, and it’s totally fine. I am guessing we’ll stop in a couple of years but for now it’s fine.

[Anonymous]

Op here. She has attended many my gym or little gym birthday parties at younger age. I think they are more fun and geared towards younger ages. Gymnastic is not her only thing that she is doing, but she always ask for going back to ballet every time she watches the nutcracker performance and tutu skirt. I hesitate every time because of the same reasons above. She looks really good in those costume but she can't ballet or dance.

I and DH had a talk about it if we should continue to sign her up for gymnastic because of her lack of coordination and improvement. We decide to bite the tongue to sign up again, and we also decide to add to sign up another basic technique training at another dance studio to supplement her hoping that may help her. I find out that those moms sign up their girls at 2-3 different dance studios as early as age 4/5.....omg....we are so faling behind. Her friend is there at this gymaatic class, and she really wants to continue even though gymnastic is really hard on her. She says it hurts her body when stretching but she is trying her best at every lessons. We dont want to sign up city/county recreational classes because other than great price, she almost learns nothing from them with zero teacher pressures. Only cons for those gynmastic classes that i sigh up are peer pressure, teacher is more strict and higher expectation and also the price (around $3k a year). I and DH think that if we decide to let her to go back to dance or ballet one day, these gymnastic foundation/technique will help her a lot. If she can improve from her baseline, probably it is good enough. Ultimately, I and DH don't want her to continue gynmastic once if she has learned those splits/arch etc whatever ( do not have to be perfect poses), fade gymnastic away to go back and get a stronger start at ballet or dance. We prefer her to do ballet or dance more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. She has attended many my gym or little gym birthday parties at younger age. I think they are more fun and geared towards younger ages. Gymnastic is not her only thing that she is doing, but she always ask for going back to ballet every time she watches the nutcracker performance and tutu skirt. I hesitate every time because of the same reasons above. She looks really good in those costume but she can't ballet or dance.

I and DH had a talk about it if we should continue to sign her up for gymnastic because of her lack of coordination and improvement. We decide to bite the tongue to sign up again, and we also decide to add to sign up another basic technique training at another dance studio to supplement her hoping that may help her. I find out that those moms sign up their girls at 2-3 different dance studios as early as age 4/5.....omg....we are so faling behind. Her friend is there at this gymaatic class, and she really wants to continue even though gymnastic is really hard on her. She says it hurts her body when stretching but she is trying her best at every lessons. We dont want to sign up city/county recreational classes because other than great price, she almost learns nothing from them with zero teacher pressures. Only cons for those gynmastic classes that i sigh up are peer pressure, teacher is more strict and higher expectation and also the price (around $3k a year). I and DH think that if we decide to let her to go back to dance or ballet one day, these gymnastic foundation/technique will help her a lot. If she can improve from her baseline, probably it is good enough. Ultimately, I and DH don't want her to continue gynmastic once if she has learned those splits/arch etc whatever ( do not have to be perfect poses), fade gymnastic away to go back and get a stronger start at ballet or dance. We prefer her to do ballet or dance more.

Ok good.

[Anonymous]

Does she have issues with coordination or proprioception? Ask your pediatrician about it. She may benefit from physical/occupational therapy.

[Anonymous]

My kid seemed to not have a natural body for gymnastics. It was very evident at a 4 year old birthday party.

But she does have a natural athlete's body for many other sports, especially those involving running.

Don't stop your child but don't take up too much time

Get her in other sports classes too

[Anonymous]

My god your kid is 7. Let her do non competitive gymnastics at age 7. Sheesh. That’s like saying a boy shouldn’t play soccer or basketball because he is short at age 7.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My god your kid is 7. Let her do non competitive gymnastics at age 7. Sheesh. That’s like saying a boy shouldn’t play soccer or basketball because he is short at age 7.

Now, now, now. This is the DMV. We can’t have little girls taking gymnastics classes unless they’re going to be the next Simone Biles!

[Anonymous]

Who cares drop gymnastics it’s a horrible sport

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid seemed to not have a natural body for gymnastics. It was very evident at a 4 year old birthday party.

But she does have a natural athlete's body for many other sports, especially those involving running.

Don't stop your child but don't take up too much time

Get her in other sports classes too

Why? The child enjoys gymnastics and will try dance. Many girls have no interest in sports. Your child isn’t going to be an athlete and hers isn’t going to be a competitive athlete. They are children who would like to find an activity that they enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My god your kid is 7. Let her do non competitive gymnastics at age 7. Sheesh. That’s like saying a boy shouldn’t play soccer or basketball because he is short at age 7.

Let her do non-competitive gymnastics at age 15 if she enjoys it. Every year she can decide whether to sign up for another year or not. Let her enjoy the moment.