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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rising freshman DD has made our local hs JV cheer team. DH feels parents do not attend every game. Me on the other hand, am under the belief that it requires family time commitment so we should be at all of the away and home games. DH believes it’s not the case and if at most, attend some of the home games. Now, I wonder if I’m unrealistically thinking about this.

Did you attend all of your child’s games? Both home and away? [/quote]

I am confused…are you planning to go watch the JV football team play a game at which your DD on the JV cheer team will just be on the sidelines doing some cheers?

Is that the question?  That seems a little nuts to me.  I don’t even know what you are supporting…your daughter isn’t competing at that event.[/quote]

Yes - cheer parents go to the home games when the girls are cheering. Sometimes to the away games. We hosted pre-game dinners, once or twice during the season. Attended all of the competitions. By basketball season it gets to be a bit much, but we made it to a couple of games. Agree with pp who said it’s fun to get to know the other families and the girls. [/quote]

I guess if you want the adult socialization…but I don’t get why your kid cares if you are there or not.  They aren’t competing at those games.

I mean…I doubt parents with kids in stage crew attend every performance vs the kids actually acting in the show.

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Parent of a football player here.  This doesn’t seem odd to me.  The parents are watching their kids in an activity they enjoy.  If any of my were in cheer, I would go to the games I could to see them.  Plenty of cheer parents go.  And yes, if my kids were in stage crew I would go to the performances to see their work.  Just like the sports games, I wouldn’t be able to make everything but I would be supportive and go to what I could.  [/quote]

Parent of a theater kid…my kid would find it bizarre to attend many (and definitely all) theater performances where they are merely helping move stage furniture on-and-off the stage or changing backdrops.  All the real work was done during rehearsals and in the workshop actually creating sets and props.

I don’t understand how attending multiple shows is supportive other than providing $$$s for the club which can easily be done by making a direct donation.

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