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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

It’s not that complicated. You support your kids by showing up to their events. If you cannot show up to every game/show/competition/etc you go to as many as you can. You show that you are interested in what they are doing because you care about them.
For the parents on here that pushing back and questioning attending games where your daughter is sideline cheering - if you really don’t want to go just don’t go. The rest of us are not “wrong” for attending. Seriously this is not rocket science, it’s parenting.

It could be a troll; I am the one who said I didn't get it at first, attending football games when DD was cheering. I realized within two games how important it was to be there for my DD.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

It’s not that complicated. You support your kids by showing up to their events. If you cannot show up to every game/show/competition/etc you go to as many as you can. You show that you are interested in what they are doing because you care about them.
For the parents on here that pushing back and questioning attending games where your daughter is sideline cheering - if you really don’t want to go just don’t go. The rest of us are not “wrong” for attending. Seriously this is not rocket science, it’s parenting.

Because there isn’t anything to support…that’s why it’s weird. You are claiming it’s fine if you don’t want to go, but you started your whole thread with some weird superior attitude about how you should go to as many as you can.

I guess parents of actual kids competing just can’t relate to showing up to every random game where your kid isn’t competing…they are just official team fans.

DP, you just don't know and are running your mouth off. There is plenty to support. My DD went to practice every day. She was a flyer who practiced nonstop. I want to see my child doing insane gymnastics feats, even if she is cheering on a football game. I felt the same as you when she started; I am from Europe and was appalled that my DD would cheer on boys playing anything!

I have photos of her in gravity-defying cheer stunts. When you see your child over five to seven meters in the air, or doing arco series, backhand springs, and then do it all with some 20 teammates and all in tempo, not hitting each other, you come talk to us that there is nothing to support. I am a big enough person to admit I was wrong when I thought the same very wrong.

So, did they beat the other team that day?

I get you attend the competitions…but how many times do you need to watch the same thing at every random football, basketball or whatever game?

OMG, I was watching my cheerleader and gymnastics HS team DD do her thing. Are you cognitively impaired? I watched as many times as she did her thing. I was there to drive up to some Regional to Mt. Airy; I was there when they won and when they crashed. I was there at the restaurant with all the parents and all the kids to celebrate their regional win. I hosted getting-ready pre-games and competitions.

Maybe your kid won't care, it sounds like you don't care at all. You do you, boo; my DD cared, moms and dads cared, and most of us that were there. Most parents were there, all the time. I also worked full-time and still cared. I took off to be there at 3 pm to do an afternoon brunch. I liked it when my potatoes and sausages and bacon breakfast were loved by all the kids and parents. I drove my DS to Florida to play high-level tennis tournaments. I also went to celebrate his huge tennis wins, and if it was a team competition, I went too. All the parents went for this private sport. Most of the parents with tennis players in college within driving distance came to their tennis games. Parents drove 5 hours from far towns to watch their college students almost all the time. We made senior day food and treated them to dinners in college. DS was not an HS tennis player. That was chicken liver for him. And if he was nervous and asked me not to watch, I sat in my car and bit my nails, but I was there.


I hope you are a troll the way you sock puppet. If you cannot take time off work, and your livelihood depends on your not showing up, that is too bad, but I totally get it.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

It’s not that complicated. You support your kids by showing up to their events. If you cannot show up to every game/show/competition/etc you go to as many as you can. You show that you are interested in what they are doing because you care about them.
For the parents on here that pushing back and questioning attending games where your daughter is sideline cheering - if you really don’t want to go just don’t go. The rest of us are not “wrong” for attending. Seriously this is not rocket science, it’s parenting.

Because there isn’t anything to support…that’s why it’s weird. You are claiming it’s fine if you don’t want to go, but you started your whole thread with some weird superior attitude about how you should go to as many as you can.

I guess parents of actual kids competing just can’t relate to showing up to every random game where your kid isn’t competing…they are just official team fans.

DP, you just don't know and are running your mouth off. There is plenty to support. My DD went to practice every day. She was a flyer who practiced nonstop. I want to see my child doing insane gymnastics feats, even if she is cheering on a football game. I felt the same as you when she started; I am from Europe and was appalled that my DD would cheer on boys playing anything!

I have photos of her in gravity-defying cheer stunts. When you see your child over five to seven meters in the air, or doing arco series, backhand springs, and then do it all with some 20 teammates and all in tempo, not hitting each other, you come talk to us that there is nothing to support. I am a big enough person to admit I was wrong when I thought the same very wrong.

So, did they beat the other team that day?

I get you attend the competitions…but how many times do you need to watch the same thing at every random football, basketball or whatever game?

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

It’s not that complicated. You support your kids by showing up to their events. If you cannot show up to every game/show/competition/etc you go to as many as you can. You show that you are interested in what they are doing because you care about them.
For the parents on here that pushing back and questioning attending games where your daughter is sideline cheering - if you really don’t want to go just don’t go. The rest of us are not “wrong” for attending. Seriously this is not rocket science, it’s parenting.

Because there isn’t anything to support…that’s why it’s weird. You are claiming it’s fine if you don’t want to go, but you started your whole thread with some weird superior attitude about how you should go to as many as you can.

I guess parents of actual kids competing just can’t relate to showing up to every random game where your kid isn’t competing…they are just official team fans.

DP, you just don't know and are running your mouth off. There is plenty to support. My DD went to practice every day. She was a flyer who practiced nonstop. I want to see my child doing insane gymnastics feats, even if she is cheering on a football game. I felt the same as you when she started; I am from Europe and was appalled that my DD would cheer on boys playing anything!

I have photos of her in gravity-defying cheer stunts. When you see your child over five to seven meters in the air, or doing arco series, backhand springs, and then do it all with some 20 teammates and all in tempo, not hitting each other, you come talk to us that there is nothing to support. I am a big enough person to admit I was wrong when I thought the same very wrong.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

It’s not that complicated. You support your kids by showing up to their events. If you cannot show up to every game/show/competition/etc you go to as many as you can. You show that you are interested in what they are doing because you care about them.
For the parents on here that pushing back and questioning attending games where your daughter is sideline cheering - if you really don’t want to go just don’t go. The rest of us are not “wrong” for attending. Seriously this is not rocket science, it’s parenting.

Because there isn’t anything to support…that’s why it’s weird. You are claiming it’s fine if you don’t want to go, but you started your whole thread with some weird superior attitude about how you should go to as many as you can.

I guess parents of actual kids competing just can’t relate to showing up to every random game where your kid isn’t competing…they are just official team fans.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

My cheerleader cared. Plus, it looks bad for DD if I was not there, but all the other moms were. However, their cheer team won regionals, so perhaps cheer was more important at DD's school than at some other schools.

Why were the tryouts for cheer in May? Usually, they are in August.
Usually, moms attended all the games when my DD was a cheerleader. Dads did not. Dads usually attended competitions. Football kids' dads tended to attend all football games.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

It’s not that complicated. You support your kids by showing up to their events. If you cannot show up to every game/show/competition/etc you go to as many as you can. You show that you are interested in what they are doing because you care about them.
For the parents on here that pushing back and questioning attending games where your daughter is sideline cheering - if you really don’t want to go just don’t go. The rest of us are not “wrong” for attending. Seriously this is not rocket science, it’s parenting.

Anonymous wrote:Our freshman DD played varsity basketball this year. I went to many home games and some of the away games, depending on schedules. DH went to a few games.

She also ran XC and track. We didn't make it to a single XC meet. I went to one track meet and saw part of another because she needed a ride to another practice after her event. DH went to one track meet.

I say that you go to what you can reasonably get to. But if I understand correctly that your kid a a cheerleader there supporting another team entirely, I don't think you need to rearrange your life to be there.

Cheerleaders do their thing. They create human pyramids, jump off each other, tumbling and yelling. It’s not as exciting as watching kids run on a track but it’s not nothing.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Of the same show to be clear.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of us has always gone to all games. Most times it’s both of us attending but an a minimum one of us.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

One parent went to pretty much every meet or game but rarely both unless a home game. We definitely could have skipped some (he rarely got playing time anyway for one sport) but DH and I both enjoy going.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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.

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.