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    Parents Gymnast sibling jealousy

    She’s 8. I’m sure that is hard for her to understand / accept.
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    Parents Gymnast sibling jealousy

    She doesn’t watch her formal practices except on Monday when the youngest’s gym time starts 45mins before the oldest. We live 20 mins from the gym, so on that day, they both go. She also watches her meets as my husband and I both want to go watch both of our kids. My oldest loves watching and...
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    Parents Gymnast sibling jealousy

    All great points. Thank you so much. This is helpful. My girls are 6&8. You are correct, this IS hurting her. We talk a lot about what is in her circle of control and what is not in her control. She does not talk like this around her sister, only to me/her dad and usually while watching her...
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    Parents Gymnast sibling jealousy

    I’ve got 2 daughters in gymnastics. One is a new level 3 & and one a new level 4. The older daughter (level 4) is constantly making jealous / insecure comments things like she’s going to be better than me really soon. Or I’ve helped her too much, she’s getting the skills faster than me and is...
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    Parents How do you handle “injuries”

    Yes, I’ve been wondering if she’s using it as an excuse to avoid certain things. She’s great at beam and floor - always seems able to do those. Is fairly weak on vault and tends to complain about pain on vault. After reading these responses, I will certainly have her checked out.
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    Parents How do you handle “injuries”

    Thank you all! This is really helpful. I assumed if there was an injury that it would show itself either thru visible signs or an inability to really put weight on it (ie: not be able to run around and kick a soccer ball).
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    Parents How do you handle “injuries”

    Hi, My daughter is a 8yr old L4. Two weeks ago, she fell of the beam doing a split jump. She said the side of her foot landed on the beam and she twisted her ankle on the way down. She’s been complaining that her ankle hurts ever since. She limps around at gymnastics and complains to her...
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