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    Parents What’s something only a gym parent would understand?

    I think a big difference is that a kid can be heavily involved in baseball or soccer without having to join one of those expensive travel teams. You don’t have to take the luxury option for your child to be involved. Gymnastics is different because The luxury option is the only option.
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    Parents What’s something only a gym parent would understand?

    My older son does swim team, baseball, flag football, and a variety of school sports. None of it has ever cost more than $100 per month and there are months off between seasons. There is no comparison between typical youth sports and gymnastics, especially now that he is in middle school and...
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    Anon Would you keep your daughter home from state for bad behavior?

    Do your gymnasts not compete for the team title at states? Is your gymnast not out there supporting their teammates and lifting them up at meets? My son and I discuss the importance of being a positive influence on the team frequently. He knows that I put being a good teammate ahead of...
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    Parents What’s something only a gym parent would understand?

    How you can do the math over and over and come to the conclusion each time that the cost of your child’s sport is eating up an unreasonable chunk of your family’s budget, and then somehow you disregard all logic and keep on paying! Does not compute! 🤖
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    Anon Would you keep your daughter home from state for bad behavior?

    She is part of a team. If she does not attend she is failing to fulfil her responsibilities to the team. This is not an appropriate punishment because it punishes other people. It sounds like your daughter is turning into a tween and that is not something you can shock out of her with one...
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    Parents XCEL is limiting?

    What you are describing is normal for Bronze. It is possible that this gym is not a perfect fit for your daughter. Have you looked around at the upper level girls at your gym? Are there many platinums or diamonds at your gym, and how old are they? If the platinums are all teenagers, I...
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    Parents Is it normal for older boys on team to pick on younger teammates?

    I agree with every word of this response. This is 100% consistent with our men’s gymnastics experience. I also agree that keeping an open dialog with you son is critical. We have a tradition that he has to talk to me and not use electronics or listen to music until a specific point in our...
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    Parents Grips while learning kip

    Our coaches take the gymnast’s age and weight into consideration when deciding about when to start them on grips. They believe that the older bigger boys need the dowel earlier than the little boys. This makes sense to me. The older boys tend to get grips when they are working on their kips...
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    Anon Bullying for multiple years

    I’m sorry, I should be a bit less self-righteous. I have been there. I know the constant anxiety of sending my kid to a gym that is not a healthy environment. We were able to address the situation at my son’s gym, but I still have to keep a very close eye on what happens there because there...
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    Anon Bullying for multiple years

    When you put your daughter into a situation where she is persistently bullied, you are telling her that that is how she deserves to be treated. This is a lesson that sticks. This is how girls end up not leaving abusive boyfriends—they have been trained from childhood to believe that they...
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    Anon If predicting a kids success at 6 is so tricky, why does Tops start so young?

    I will say that I tried to listen to these guidelines by having my son take a lot of time off during the summer (he missed equivalent of two months during the summer due the to trips, gym closures, illness, and wanting to do other things). When he returned to regular training in the fall, he...
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    Anon If predicting a kids success at 6 is so tricky, why does Tops start so young?

    Here are the standard medical guidelines for safe youth sports participation: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/sports-injuries/youth-sport-specialization?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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    Anon If predicting a kids success at 6 is so tricky, why does Tops start so young?

    Just type “early sports specialization” into PubMed and read away.
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    Parents Looking for a Gym - Greater Boston

    Some people would consider a gym starting team at level 1 to be a huge drawback as it significantly increases the costs for families and the pressure on young kids.
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    Parents What wacky skills has gymnastics helped your child with?

    Well, my kid has been training with much older boys since he was 8, so now he has the skill of fitting in with teenagers. He knows all the latest slang, curse words, and inappropriate jokes. I had to run him through sex-ed early because he knew way too much. He has also learned how to stand...
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