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    Men Moved to Regional (Canada) - practice during school hours

    I am also Canadian (Nova Scotia) and our son is 7, did pre-competitive this year, and is starting competitive over the summer. The school year schedule is 2 evenings and Saturday afternoon. I would be pretty upset about him missing a half day of school every single week.
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    Men What to expect for a Squad Trial?

    My son is 7 and went into pre-team this year. The tryout just had them demo some moves like a cartwheel, some swings on the parallel bars, and stuff like that. Like said above, it's more about willingness to listen and general athleticism. My son has been really enjoying it so far this year!
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    Parents What Are We Feeding These Kids!?!

    Part of my issue is that this kid also sometimes/often "doesn't have time" to eat his lunch... because he is busy talking during his lunch period. I just bought him a much larger lunch bag to carry what I imagine will start to be much larger lunches and snacks for the coming school year.
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    Parents What Are We Feeding These Kids!?!

    Thanks! The drive is not too far (like 15 minutes). Thankfully I have a friend with a child his age who is in the women's developmental program and I messaged her about logistics and she said they do take a break to eat at the gym in the evening, so that was reassuring. I'll definitely be...
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    Parents What Are We Feeding These Kids!?!

    Yeah, it does seem as though he is not up to eating early in the morning, but he is pretty resistant to bringing it with him. I'm not usually there in the morning (my husband does most mornings and I do most evenings) but I've sent his breakfast with him to the before school carer and he didn't...
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    Parents What Are We Feeding These Kids!?!

    This might be more of a general parenting question, but I'm asking here because I know your children are probably just as active, if not moreso, than my child, and I need some ideas. For context, he just turned 7 and will be starting developmental in August. His practices will be 4-7 on Monday...
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    Parents Uk level 5 training 3hrs a week?!

    I am brand new to this, but my son is just starting in development and he will be doing 6 hours a week across two sessions as well. But if she is doing well and thriving at 3 hours a week, that seems ok to me, a lot less stress for the family, at least!
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    Parents Logistics Assistance

    Yeah, I'm a bit scared of it getting crazy, especially since he is actually pretty good at running as well. It does seem as though the gym season and the track/running season don't overlap TOO much, so that could be helpful. He does have one little friend from school (a girl) who is also in the...
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    Parents Logistics Assistance

    It's not a far commute at all, like 15 or 20 minutes with traffic. I will most likely have to do the meal prep thing. I'm sort of wanting to start going to the gym myself for a workout during his practice time, but I also don't want to pawn everything off on my husband and just be gone for the...
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    Parents Logistics Assistance

    Hello fellow gym parents. I'm relatively new to this whole thing. I started both of my children (almost 5 and almost 7) in gymnastics in September. A few weeks ago we got an invitation for the almost 7 year old (boy) to try out for the pre-competitive "developmental" team at our gym. He did the...
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