It's that time of year again...well for us we do it all year...the time that not only does school start but all of the after school activities. Olivia does swim lessons and gymnastics for sports type and we have her enrolled in Huntington Learning Center two days a week (wonderful place). So most week days we are not even home until almost 7 pm.
This past week we noticed that she is not as enthused about gymnastics while she is there anymore. She loves getting ready and going but noticed that shes goofing off more and not following directions. Once home we asked her do you still want to go. The answer was a resounding yes! Actually it was more like , "YES MOMMY!!! I want to win a trophy!." Which then resulted in the discussion of how she is not in the pre-team class that follows the track to get a trophy. Next question from her was why not? Another tough conversation about her behavior and not trying.
So we have left it up to her. Do you want to continue on as is? Try harder to make pre-team or switch sports all together? We also asked her if she wanted to maybe learn an instrument, take an art class, or even acting/theater class. The answer we received was still I want to do gymnastics and I want to work harder.
We shall see. Do you put limits on how many activities your child can do during the school year? Do you only allow activities that your child shows passion for? She's our only child so we just kind of choose as a family what can fit in our schedules.
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