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I'd avoid rhythmic. If your daughter wants to do gymnastics because she likes the acrobatic side of things, she probably wouldn't enjoy rhythmic. Plus the culture of rhythmic is unbelievably toxic.[/quote]

How is it toxic? As in competitive or cutthroat  or body shaming?[/quote]

NP and my DD does artistic but we live in the rare part of the U.S. (not dmv) with some rhythmic gyms. Unfortunately rhythmic is culturally 30-40 years behind the reforms in artistic gymnastics and dominated by former Eastern European and Russian coaches and their protégés. Changes to the code of points in the last 20 years driven by a tiny handful of specific and literally corrupt Russian coaches put a huge emphasis on hyper flexibility and specific body types. The girls who compete in my area are almost exclusively Russian, Ukrainian and 1st gen mainland Chinese, so their parents bring their own cultural baggage to the sport, which may or may not be in conflict with your own family values. It was a big issue for us as 2nd gen non-mainland Chinese.

TLDR: avoid rhythmic. Fascinating sport but not currently a healthy one for girls. [/quote]

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