Getting up at 5am every day would kill me.
This is a very good point. If YOU aren't getting enough sleep, you are going to have a hard time too. And when mama ain't happy ....
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Getting up at 5am every day would kill me.
But don't these things have seasons? I know travel ball doesIn the advanced levels, swimming, golf, travel ball. Swimming has before and after-school practices.
But don't these things have seasons? I know travel ball does
This strikes me not so much as a gymnastics problem as a school start time/bus schedule problem. A 7:00 a.m. start time for high school, let alone a magnet school that draws students from all over, is just too early. The long bus ride compounds the problem. If a kid has to be at the bus stop at 5:30, she is going to have to get up at 4:30 or 5:00, which means falling asleep at 7:30 or 8:00 in order to get a full 9 hours of sleep. That wouldn't be possible for any teen, even if she didn't have sports practice in the evenings.
I have gone to some extraordinary lengths to get my kid where she needs to be, and I don't think I could make this one work even without gymnastics in the mix. Something would have to give, possibly the first-period class.
Car Lines are real, they are long and they are ridiculous. At my daughter's school you can park a short distance from the school and walk and pick up your child and save some time. But that option may not always be available.If she is not obliged to go to this school but it is purely her choice then she needs to choose between high level gymnastics and this school. It is crazy for any child to catch a bus to school at that time. What are they thinking.
Only different suggestion I can come up with from others very good ones is could you move nearer the school and move younger dd to a school nearby? I don't think I would have let my child make a decision like that without looking into how it would impact the whole family. And I don't get this waiting in a car line for an hour? What is that all about . We don't have those. School ends, parents come into playground, kids come out of class and go to parents and go home. Can your younger dd walk to meet you away from the school premises to avoid the line? Ours just need a note of permission to leave the school grounds by themselves.
Swimming has 4 seasons.But don't these things have seasons? I know travel ball does
Don't even get me started on the drop off/pick up lines.
Heaven forbid a precious snowflake should have to walk a few feet. Line is about 10 car lengths. 10 cars at a time should be letting kids out. Its not wait until you are the first car.
And seriously I get it, if you have to have long hugs and smooches, fine, but park the freakin car. First day is a big production for me. I park the car. If its a production to get them and their stuff out, park the freakin car.
And once you drop off you need to go. There are teachers outside to make sure they get in the building. Just go. No one has escaped yet.
I hate the drop off line. Really I do
Love that walking bus idea. And the park and strides.Here we have 'park and strides' for schools where you park 10 mins away and walk in as so many cars trying to park around the school gate causes problems.
We also have 'walking buses' round us. They walk a set route into school with an organised adult at the front and back and you can join your kid in anywhere on that route. All wearing high viz vests. Brilliant Idea and free.
What would happen if you dropped your kid around the block away from school and they just walked in by themselves? Land of the free and all that?
What would happen if you dropped your kid around the block away from school and they just walked in by themselves? Land of the free and all that?
As does travel ball. My son has at least 5 hours of practice, at minimum, and that's if he doesn't go to the two hour Friday night academy workout or strength and conditioning for an hour. Tournaments are held year round.Swimming has 4 seasons.
5 hours a week or day ????? Because even at year round 5-7 a week is way less then high hour gymnastics.As does travel ball. My son has at least 5 hours of practice, at minimum, and that's if he doesn't go to the two hour Friday night academy workout or strength and conditioning for an hour. Tournaments are held year round.
A week. And I'm well aware that it's different than high hour gymnastics - my L4 did 12 hours a week last year. My point was that it was year round, not high hours.5 hours a week or day ????? Because even at year round 5-7 a week is way less then high hour gymnastics.
Around here, the school would probably call child protective services and have the parents investigated, at least in elementary school. It is generally considered risky to let kids under age 12 be unsupervised alone or in public. Risky in the sense that it could invite scrutiny from the authorities.