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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have an older swimmer on our team (recruited D1 swimmer, ranked in top ten in the country in their stroke) who posts her times and about the college she’s headed to. My daughter follows her as inspiration.

The swimmer’s mother posts about her daughter’s Olympic trials cuts, so I suppose it’s bragging but….it doesn’t feel obnoxious to me it just feels proud, and I don’t mind at all.

I think OPs reaction is probably a result of their “friend’s” post being too over-the-top but also because of [b]their own insecurities[/b]. [/quote]

This.  Comparison is the thief of joy.

Be proud of your kid for competing and getting out there, even if they came in dead last or struck out 4 times, or whatever.

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This is such a predictable and inaccurate response - “oh you don’t like these posts because you’re just jealous!!” Well, no. Actually my kid very talented and often their accomplishments far surpass those of the kids who are the subjects of these posts. But I would never be so trashy as to post time standards and meet mobile results. I teach my children to be humble in victory, and what kind of message would I send if I did that?

As a swim parent, we all know the ones who do this and even if people respond to the posts, we know what they really think of these types of parents, and often the kids as well because the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Very sad. [/quote]

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