Skye Fernandez
Proud Parent
Ok, some of you may know, my DD is 6, started in January. She is competing xcel bronze this year. She has been progressing fast. We've been having issues with her kind of having a big head lately. Like she basically thinks she doesn't have to listen, doesn't have to stay tight, doesn't have to keep her legs and arms straight, toes pointed etc. Her coach has been especially hard on her lately about it. And last night at practice she got in big trouble. They where on bars. Bars is where she gets a really big head. Coach only wanted to go over part of the bar routine and DD decided to do the whole routine. The coach got mad and grabbed her feet and pulled her off the bar. IDK what DD said but I could tell she had attitude by her body language. Her coach brought her over to me and made her sit out for the rest of bars. We then talked and coach basically told her she she doesn't care how good she is, if she doesn't want to listen and let the coaches run the show than she will be booted from the team. I really dont know how to handle this. IDK why shes having such a bad attitude. Ive also noticed she won't do her full warm up. She'll do part of it but when she sees her coach isn't watching she just chills. I keep asking her if she still wants to do gym and she still claims she loves it. I know being kicked from the team would kill her. Has anyone dealt with a kiddo with a big head? How do you nip this in the bud? I try not to talk about gym with her unless she brings it up because I really dont want to overstep that coach/parent boundary, but I really think it may be time for me to say something to her. I did make DD apologize to her coach last night but other than that I don't really know what else to do, Ive never had these kinds of issues with her before. HELP!