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[quote=Anonymous]So my kid was swimming this weekend and did well.  I have not posted anything about it, but usually do end of season wrap ups and it will be mentioned.  My husband was very proud and posted all kinds of things.  I think it is in poor taste to mention other kids.

And my kid's success might not be another parents.  I tell my swimmers that they will have good years and bad years with swimming (depending on growth, time standards, etc) and I am a strong believer in celebrating the success years because when things are bad my kid will need to draw upon them.

As for championship kid syndrome, I know it well.  And to put it this way, one of my kids had a disaster of a meet and was crushed and all up in their feelings/negative/yelling.  And I literally just said - quit.  If you are that bad, just quit.  The look of shock on their face and telling me that they don't do it to win, but that they love the water.

We do have friends that their child has never had failure and consistently makes improvements every meet.  Do I think that is sustainable? I don't know, but I hope so because the kid is quite good.

Celebrate the victories, there is nothing wrong about it or obnoxious.  This week I saw swim posts and basketball posts and I loved every single one.[/quote]

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