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Thanks much for this perspective. Feeling like the big fork in the road type of decision again, but good to realize it. It's helpful for me to hear that even if she doesn't seem to have a competitive personality or interest now, that you've seen other kids like that achieve high levels. I agree...

Good point! This decision is probably not the big fork in the road I was thinking it was. I'll see if she can do a trial and take it from there. Thanks everyone!

Precisely! That's what I'm stuck on. My daughter did want more gymnastics, so in the spring I signed her up for about 3 hours worth of classes. Then for the summer I signed her up for 5 hours. And she still asks to go to open gym on top of that. But this way of doing more gymnastics so far has...

Okay, I've reread the email. The fee includes a leotard, "other activities," and clinics with a choreographer. I wish it included free open gym! My daughter looooves open gym. Well, I'm not too hung up on the fee. I'm just torn with decision-making. I find it tough to say no to opportunity...

I don't have access to my email at the moment with the information. What I remember is that the fee is partly for team-building social events. It definitely was not for competition. I'll have to go back and reread it. I didn't realize it could be unusual to have an upfront fee.

Thanks for the thoughts everyone! The work "preteam" has already been used with her, unfortunately. When I asked her if she was interested in preteam, she said she just liked her regular class. But I found out that she was pulled out of her class the last time and placed in another class which...

I’ve been trying to figure out if I should have my daughter pursue a preteam opportunity. She is 6 years old and has been invited to start in the fall. My dilemma is that she has been perfectly happy in the recreation classes. She looks forward to her gymnastics classes and goes for the joy of...