DD will be competing new L4 in the fall and the hours increase to 15 hrs/wk during summer and fall. So she will be at the gym M-F. We just learned there is also a chance that she can move up to L5 which will have her in the gym on Sat as well. She has also been invited to an advanced piano class which will require two lessons per week plus at home practice daily.
She is 7, so I'm worried that all of this would be overwhelming for her at this age. And that she won't have time to just "be a kid". We can decline the advanced piano, and do the regular class which will be a little less demanding. And we can decline L5 (if it's a choice) and just keep her at L4. Obviously, I would love her to do both, and she seems to think she can. But she is also not the kid who would love to live at the gym. She does like gymnastics a lot, but would happily skip for school events and parties.
I know each child is different, and she might thrive with the challenge (or not), but was hoping to hear some thoughts and experiences from other who have been, or are going through it.
She is 7, so I'm worried that all of this would be overwhelming for her at this age. And that she won't have time to just "be a kid". We can decline the advanced piano, and do the regular class which will be a little less demanding. And we can decline L5 (if it's a choice) and just keep her at L4. Obviously, I would love her to do both, and she seems to think she can. But she is also not the kid who would love to live at the gym. She does like gymnastics a lot, but would happily skip for school events and parties.
I know each child is different, and she might thrive with the challenge (or not), but was hoping to hear some thoughts and experiences from other who have been, or are going through it.