To be completely honest my daughter was the social media star up until about a month ago & I guess I am a bit put out that her 3rd place yesterday wasn't even mentioned... There was 23 kids in the comp. There was plenty of pics of both girls together, 2nd & 3rd is a great achievement for the club, 2 podium placers...
Yikes! If a gym has a social media star, they are doing social media wrong. I think there would be a parent uprising at my daughter’s gym if competition photos didn’t celebrate the hard workers as well as the winners, and training photos did not celebrate the newly learned back handsprings as much as it celebrates advanced tumbling passes.
After competitions, my daughter’s gym likes to post about PBs, individual goals nailed, new skills competed, and other things that show they realise it is a marathon, not a sprint, and that supportive encouragement is required along the way.
Next time your daughter is star, it might be your chance to remember this feeling and go ‘hey, it is lovely seeing the photo of my daughter with her medal, but I would love to see everyone else too!’