Comments on: Mom’s a Good Sport http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/08/09/moms-a-good-sport/ Parenting, Politics and News for the Perfectly Challenged Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:12:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kymberly http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/08/09/moms-a-good-sport/#comment-187830 Kymberly Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:08:53 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/?p=941#comment-187830 My DD is in pee-wee cheerleading and y'know what YOU ALL ARE RIGHT!!! These people are Cra-zee. I mean certifiable. Oh my DD is having a ball, I however, am about to have my head explode. Seriously. (See Cra-zee) above. All sports are not created equal. We have baseball friends. Softball friends. Basketball friends. Football friends. Our kids live, eat, breathe soccer. I have never, ever experienced the kind of crazy competitiveness that comes up in cheerleading. (Pee wee mind you. Little teeny tiny kids with no discernable rhythm. In cute uniforms!) and people are willing to rant and rave and cry over it. Seriously. Save yourselves. It's too late for me but RUN! My DD is in pee-wee cheerleading and y’know what

YOU ALL ARE RIGHT!!!

These people are Cra-zee. I mean certifiable.

Oh my DD is having a ball, I however, am about to have my head explode. Seriously. (See Cra-zee) above.

All sports are not created equal. We have baseball friends. Softball friends. Basketball friends. Football friends. Our kids live, eat, breathe soccer.

I have never, ever experienced the kind of crazy competitiveness that comes up in cheerleading. (Pee wee mind you. Little teeny tiny kids with no discernable rhythm. In cute uniforms!) and people are willing to rant and rave and cry over it.

Seriously. Save yourselves. It’s too late for me but RUN!

]]> By: Mary Beth http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/08/09/moms-a-good-sport/#comment-187774 Mary Beth Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:55:08 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/?p=941#comment-187774 Sometimes when you sign up for these things, you don't know how they will overlap. It all works out and makes for some fun times with your kids and other families. We have done drama, soccer, ballet, softball, baseball, tennis, football and basketball. When my kids got older they played on travel teams and while this is very expensive, it is some of the most fun memories! We now are done to our last child, just entering high school and doing two sports. It seems so quiet around here..... Sometimes when you sign up for these things, you don’t know how they will overlap. It all works out and makes for some fun times with your kids and other families. We have done drama, soccer, ballet, softball, baseball, tennis, football and basketball. When my kids got older they played on travel teams and while this is very expensive, it is some of the most fun memories! We now are done to our last child, just entering high school and doing two sports. It seems so quiet around here…..

]]> By: Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/08/09/moms-a-good-sport/#comment-187547 Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:06:34 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/?p=941#comment-187547 Thanks for the cautionary tale. Our 4YO is in ballet and wants to do soccer, too. We've put that on hold for a year. I can't wait to see how we're going to juggle her little bro's stuff when he comes of age. Thanks for the cautionary tale. Our 4YO is in ballet and wants to do soccer, too. We’ve put that on hold for a year. I can’t wait to see how we’re going to juggle her little bro’s stuff when he comes of age.

]]> By: SHS http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/08/09/moms-a-good-sport/#comment-187329 SHS Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:58:05 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/?p=941#comment-187329 Rita, I totally agree about cheerleading...I won't say too much except I would never have let my daughter participate in it. I think exposing your kids to various sports, activities is great. But as the parent, you need to know when to say enough. It is your job to keep them from becoming overscheduled. And while they are being exposed to alot of things, do they know what it means to stick with something long enough to reap the benefits. Rita,

I totally agree about cheerleading…I won’t say too much except I would never have let my daughter participate in it.

I think exposing your kids to various sports, activities is great. But as the parent, you need to know when to say enough. It is your job to keep them from becoming overscheduled. And while they are being exposed to alot of things, do they know what it means to stick with something long enough to reap the benefits.

]]> By: Rita http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/08/09/moms-a-good-sport/#comment-187320 Rita Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:33:46 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/?p=941#comment-187320 Ah, see, you're a better (or crazier) mom than I. There are things I will not do. I have a philosophical issue with cheerleading for starters. Little Miss, eh, they've talked me into it, but cheerleading, absolutely not. The kids took one ice skating class and I said, screw this, it's effing COLD in here and nixed any ice sports for them forever. I saw the parents who run their kids to and fro with overlapping schedules and wanted no part of it. There was no time left for play or unstructured socializing, and I think those things are still really important. Kids who are in all-the-time activities are going to have no idea how to settle disagreements by themselves when there isn't a coach or ref to handle the disputes. They won't know how to manage their own time without mom super-scheduling for them. And I really fear that kids who are in all these back-to-back sports aren't going to know how to TALK to each other. Some kids I know do school, zip home for homework, go to one sport, eat dinner on the way to another sport, come home, shower and go to bed. Where do they have time to learn to converse with people? Anyway... my kids do the sports and the music and have the same benefits, but they do the same sport (taekwondo) which is year-round and you can work your schedule around IT, since it tends to be rather predictable, and they do band at their school starting in 5th grade as part of the regular curriculum. Even still, I nixed drums (won't have a drum kit in the house), piano (no room for a piano), and strings (don't want to start private violin lessons in 3'd grade). I'm just not that kind of a mom. Ah, see, you’re a better (or crazier) mom than I. There are things I will not do. I have a philosophical issue with cheerleading for starters. Little Miss, eh, they’ve talked me into it, but cheerleading, absolutely not. The kids took one ice skating class and I said, screw this, it’s effing COLD in here and nixed any ice sports for them forever.

I saw the parents who run their kids to and fro with overlapping schedules and wanted no part of it. There was no time left for play or unstructured socializing, and I think those things are still really important. Kids who are in all-the-time activities are going to have no idea how to settle disagreements by themselves when there isn’t a coach or ref to handle the disputes. They won’t know how to manage their own time without mom super-scheduling for them. And I really fear that kids who are in all these back-to-back sports aren’t going to know how to TALK to each other. Some kids I know do school, zip home for homework, go to one sport, eat dinner on the way to another sport, come home, shower and go to bed. Where do they have time to learn to converse with people?

Anyway… my kids do the sports and the music and have the same benefits, but they do the same sport (taekwondo) which is year-round and you can work your schedule around IT, since it tends to be rather predictable, and they do band at their school starting in 5th grade as part of the regular curriculum. Even still, I nixed drums (won’t have a drum kit in the house), piano (no room for a piano), and strings (don’t want to start private violin lessons in 3′d grade). I’m just not that kind of a mom.

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