When I was little, my dad always thought I would grow up to become a soccer pro. I always wanted to go out in the yard and play with him, and he taught me all kinds of things about the sport.
Then I started to grow out of it before I was in 5th grade, the year I could join the school soccer team. I was almost in 5th grade when, after a major incident, I was terrified of any sports that involved a ball, ruining my chances of ever wanting to play soccer again.
My dad didn't take this well. He never wants to drive me to or from gymnastics. He doesn't help me and my mom pay. (My mom and I split the cost, she pays most though. ) He never cares what new skills I get and he doesn't even bother listening when I talk to him about what a certain gymnastics skill is.
One time my mom felt sick so my dad picked me up from gymnastics, and I was so excited that I got my front handspring, and my dad just grumbled and wouldn't even talk to me. I almost cried; he just squashed my happiness like a fly!
I guess my question is, what can I do to help my dad accept that fact that I will never be a soccer pro? Gymnastics is my sport and I love it and it doesn't help to have such an unsupportive dad, and he's just been like this for the whole 4 years I've done gymnastics! Sometimes I even consider quitting because of him.
Then I started to grow out of it before I was in 5th grade, the year I could join the school soccer team. I was almost in 5th grade when, after a major incident, I was terrified of any sports that involved a ball, ruining my chances of ever wanting to play soccer again.
My dad didn't take this well. He never wants to drive me to or from gymnastics. He doesn't help me and my mom pay. (My mom and I split the cost, she pays most though. ) He never cares what new skills I get and he doesn't even bother listening when I talk to him about what a certain gymnastics skill is.
One time my mom felt sick so my dad picked me up from gymnastics, and I was so excited that I got my front handspring, and my dad just grumbled and wouldn't even talk to me. I almost cried; he just squashed my happiness like a fly!
I guess my question is, what can I do to help my dad accept that fact that I will never be a soccer pro? Gymnastics is my sport and I love it and it doesn't help to have such an unsupportive dad, and he's just been like this for the whole 4 years I've done gymnastics! Sometimes I even consider quitting because of him.