Doing the right thing by kids re: sports and exercise

cafeaulait7

You sound like a great dad

But why did she stop gymnastics? The strength moves in that are so much cooler than regular working out I was a gymnast at her age and for many years until my joints disagreed with it too much. I killed on the beam.

I bet at her age, they didn't do enough to challenge her (just my guess). It would be really cool if you could spot her at home for more cool gymnastics moves! Just mho, but having your dad spot you has to be the coolest thing ever

Pepper2185

No suggestions here, I just wanted to say I think you're a great dad

BinaryPulsar

No suggestions here, I just wanted to say I think you're a great dad

I agree!

_KitKat_

For my kids, I just encourage what they want to try. My youngest wanted to play soccer, signer her up she hated it. Now she is all about gymnastics, dance and wants to try softball. My oldest is not as active as her sister and hates team sports (baseball, soccer, basketball ect.). So running club and swim team is what she chose. With her I had to push a little and said " look I don't care what you pick, but you will have one activity that uses your body" she picked and loved it.

She started running club in elementary school, the school counselor started a girls running/book club. The kids loved it and ended their season with a 5k run, my husband ran it in a hot pink running club shirt with her. The boys had a club too and it became a fall and spring program at the school. Swim team, she chose because she loves swimming.

My youngest, is hard to keep up with and that child exercises almost every hour she is awake.

ETA: wanted to add, its great what a great daddy you are. Just have fun!

danimalkeys

whatever you do, don't let anyone feed her cookies. 2 of them and she'll lose at everything she tries to do... at least that's what I learned in another thread...