Wondering if any other parents have other kids in the family who are not very athletic and get jealous of the gymnast in the family. My older daughter (3 years older than my gymnast) has lately been getting jealous of the time spent on gymnastics. She was doing ice skating but due to how far the rink was from our house and how late she gets home school was only able to go once a week and has now decided that it cut into her time with her friends. Since she stopped ice skating she is constantly upset that her sister goes to gymnastics 3 days a week....acting like I like her sister better, etc. Obviously I love all my children the same and if it had been her to find a sport she is passionate about would have been thrilled but it just happened that it was her sister. My older daughter is 12, do you think it is the age?
How do other parents handle this type of thing? I do my best to carpool so I am not gone much driving to and from the gym, I try to do stuff my older daughter wants like taking her and her friends to the mall, etc. but she never seems happy. I would like to mention that sometimes she is great about it and she goes to meets with me and cheers her sister on and is proud when she wins, etc. Then afterwards starts thinking about it and starts getting sad and jealous. I feel bad for her and understand it must be hard to have your younger sister be really good at something when you have not found your "thing". Thanks for listening and any tips would be great!
How do other parents handle this type of thing? I do my best to carpool so I am not gone much driving to and from the gym, I try to do stuff my older daughter wants like taking her and her friends to the mall, etc. but she never seems happy. I would like to mention that sometimes she is great about it and she goes to meets with me and cheers her sister on and is proud when she wins, etc. Then afterwards starts thinking about it and starts getting sad and jealous. I feel bad for her and understand it must be hard to have your younger sister be really good at something when you have not found your "thing". Thanks for listening and any tips would be great!