needcoffee
Proud Parent
I'm a big believer in life first, gymnastics second. I have no problem blowing off the occasional practice for a birthday party or a family day at the beach etc. Meets are a bit different as we only have 3-4 per calendar year, so there'd need to be a really good reason for missing those, but I know some at our gym who have, and everyone has been fine with it. But we don't pay coaches fees or travel or anything like that. We pay one meet fee per gymnast about a month beforehand.
Missing out on life to do gymnastics would only make my kid hate gymnastics.
Missing out on life to do gymnastics would only make my kid hate gymnastics.