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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 06:41 PM Original message |
YoungerGreenKid got hurt in gymnastics class and refuses to go back. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I can't do it. I hated gymnastics. It's evil. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yeah. Elder quit but the younger wanted to go back again, so we took him. And then that happened. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. how old is he? I think that has something to do with that refusal - |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. He's 9 and did 2 years before this. I put him back into level 2 since he was away for 6 months but |
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soleiri (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Positive vibes towards your son so he makes the best decision for him. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Thank you :^) |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh god I'd never let him go back myself! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yeah, as a cheer coach I am very sensitive to the dangers here. And I was a little freaked when I |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What a good mom! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. My own gymnastics experience is rather limited, but I've taken workshops, studied |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. when I say choices, I MEAN control |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Does he participate in any other sports? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Same resistance issue. He'll dig in his heels and say he doesn't want to play |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. UPDATE: He told me he quit but I said we still had to go. I gave him the |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. He needs to get over this. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. We did get him back today. We'll keep trying with everything else too. :^) |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Good! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Why exactly does he have to participate in gymnastics? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Why? |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Not just about the gymnastics thing. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Define "bad time." If I went to a restaurant and got food poisoning, |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. You would have to ask the OP about |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Gymnastics freaks me out, too. I got hurt when I was |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I broke my arm and was in a cast for 9 months and never went back either. :^( |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I fell when learning to figure skate. Never went back either. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Sounds like you had a very traumatic experience. :^( Has it affected how you |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. my sister was so afraid of looking stupid she'd |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It's no trouble passing along a hug. He is a very huggable kid when he wants to be. :^D |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oh for crying out loud. Leave the kid alone. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Because believe it or not he likes it once he is there and doing his thing. And I thought |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Well maybe you are not raising an athlete. |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think he should be allowed to quit if he wants to. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. He had been away from gymnastics for 6 months and he was the one who wanted to go back. He is |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. Good vibes for YOungerGreenKid! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Thanks! He did go back today and he was in control over choosing whether or not |
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