Comments on: When your child loves it but you do not

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By: AMG

AMG — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:19:06 +0000

Good choices, good point.
I agree with you 100% on the gymnastics thing. Same reason why my own toddler has never been enrolled in the local gym school.
Next year, we shall try ballet. My oldest goes to the same academy, so I think it will be better.

By: JHS

JHS — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:51:16 +0000

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By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:08:59 +0000

That’s hard. I know my parents had to periodically make call about what they thought was best for me, despite what I felt. In our case it was leaving an expensive (and mean) private school for homeschooling. Pretty soon I was much happier with the transition, but it was a strange adjustment.

Hopefully there’s another gym in your area…or perhaps your Y offers similar classes…

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:57:24 +0000

Do you have a Little Gym in your area? We go there and _love_ it. There’s very little downtime, and plenty of staff. The staff always greet my kids by name (even the ones who are not in the class). I can’t say enough good about them!

By: Jilse

Jilse — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:20:32 +0000

I can relate. I put Miss R in a kiddie gym class last year and after two classes of it I could see right away that the teacher running the class had no Child Development experience. She expected way too much out of a class of 2 year olds then they were capable of, and she really needed more supervision of the children. I said something at the beginning of class to her nicely, but it fell on deaf ears. So we finished the class and I never signed Miss R up again even though she liked the class, I didn’t like it for her.

In your situation I would do as you suggested, try and find a new gym class, one that you both will enjoy. Around here a lot of places will let you sit in on a class for free before you decide if you want to sign up. If I were you I would hunt around, sit in on a gymnastics class or two, and when you find the one that fits, sign CJ up. If he really enjoys gymnastics then you want to encourage that, but you want a place that you are happy with as well. There has got to be a place where you live that will make both of you happy. Good luck in your search.