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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She's just 6.  Let her try it.  If she ever gets to the point where you need to have a conversation about whether she should continue on a competition track, you can have that conversation then.

My 11 year old recently took up diving.  A lot of the kids are crossover athletes from gymnastics.  The body awareness and moves that it helps kids develop, give them a huge advantage, and those kids make progress incredibly quickly.  [/quote]

This.  Gymnastics is a great base for many sports, and it is excellent for athletic development in general.  If she is tall, she is not going to be highly competitive at it any way.  And it would be a few years before the issues you are concerned with present themselves.

I understand the concern.  It’s the reason I wouldn’t want my son to do wrestling even though he is ideally suited for it.  (Fortunately, he hasn’t expressed interest to date.)  But a few years of gymnastics classes are fundamental (just like play wrestling).  And, of course, you can avoid gymnastics and still get the eating disorder….[/quote]

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