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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not.  I think it’s a bad idea for kids to specialize so much at that age, mentally and physically. [/quote]

Sometimes it can't be helped. I tried to involve my daughter in other sports. And what did she do? Spent all of soccer or softball practice doing cartwheels in the outfield or a roundoff before she would kick or pick up the ball. She knows what she wants to do in a way a lot of other kids don't. Some kids are dabblers, and some have an innate interest for a particular activity. It may wane or change over time, but so far everything else has been a waste of time, so this is what we do. She also goes 3x a week and would go every day if they would let her.[/quote]

I understand a kid’s drive. I have that kid. They asked her to try out for the competition team at 6, she has talent and loves it. I didn’t think it was good for her, or our family, so we declined.  Especially for gymnastics, I wouldn’t do it.  If a kid has that intense competition/perfectionist drive, it’s not a healthy environment for them. If they don’t have that, rec level should be enough. We moved my daughter up to a harder class with bigger girls, but that is not the huge time commitment. There’s a middle ground.

To each their own but OP asked for opinions and I would vote no. [/quote]

Ok but my kid doesn't want to do anything else. We tried Girl Scouts, piano, dance, soccer, softball, swimming and it's the only thing that stuck. We live in an area with enough gyms that there really isn't much travel. Most meets are about an hour away. We spend way more weekend time for my son's club baseball. Tournaments are two days and there could be 6 games. Games are 2 hours each, that's 12 hours of baseball, not including the down time between games. But he only practices 5-6 hours a week so I guess people find that much more acceptable? People just love to hate on gymnastics. It's weird.[/quote]

I wouldn’t do travel baseball either.[/quote]

Seems like your threshold is much lower than a lot of others. After a certain level or age everything is going to be more than 2-3 hours a week. If you just want to dabble that’s fine but after about 4th grade there are fewer casual rec options.[/quote]

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