All-Star Are Baby Pages Really A Thing In As Cheer?

[ErinS]

I'm not necessarily opposed because I think it's dangerous, I just find it funny that parents legitimately correlate this early stunting success with "oh my god she's a natural flyer, totally a future #wildcat #card #tglc."

Youth talent is not always the best predictor how far a kid goes in cheer. I mean, didn't someone on here post that there were kids on Y5 and J5 teams who end up not cheering on Worlds teams for a number of reasons (including "I turned 12 and just didn't want to cheer anymore?")

That and the fact that a flyer sized child does not necessarily mean they will be a flyer sized teen.

That must be devastating for Mama Vicarious

 

[Ashley]

Just search #scoutoutcamp on IG. It's a college combine for cheer that has a kid that may be 9 as a spokesperson. The same athlete floods social media with pics and videos of coed stunting with coaches but funny enough none with athletes her own age[emoji19]

Why did I just spend an hour going down that rabbit hole?

 

[randomactsofcheer]

False. 182,00 people are interested according to instagram. that's terrifying. i don't even want to look through the followers and see how many of those followers aren't of the cheer-fan variety (because i'm betting it's a lot of the pedophile variety)

80% of the followers are under the age of 12, 19% of the followers are over the age of 40, and the other 1% are related to the poster. 98% of the followers do not have jobs.

*I am 99% sure these statistics that I just made up are 100 % accurate.

 

[caitlyn_the_camille]

A lot of big name (in the cheer world) companies promote these kids though, and they're indirectly promoting the parents that are social media pimping them. There was a competition recently where this like 8 year old was on the cover of a cheer magazine and was signing autographs... I was like, what could her autograph possibly look like? I was barely learning cursive when I was 8, lol. And a ton of bow companies I see (Vegas bows being the most prominent one; don't get me wrong, I love vegas bows) send merch, etc. to these kids, and it encourages it. Imagine how embarrassed these kids will be 10-15 years down the road.

 

[cupieqt]

80% of the followers are under the age of 12, 19% of the followers are over the age of 40, and the other 1% are related to the poster. 98% of the followers do not have jobs.

*I am 99% sure these statistics that I just made up are 100 % accurate.

I'm 1,000% sure you just won this thread.


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[Official OWECheer]

Yes. Gag. Vomit.

I am so protective of babies, and newborns scare the heck out of me because they are so small and vulnerable. I can't imagine swinging one around like that.

Pyschos.

 

[randomactsofcheer]

I remember a few months ago, while scrolling through Instagram, I clicked on a clip of a little girl (maybe 4 or 5) tumbling. The owner of the account (one of the parents) was posting pictures and replying back to commenters as if he/she was the little girl. This kid had thousands of followers. The pictures and the way the parent replied to the fans really creeped me out. I shudder every time I think about it.

 

[Official OWECheer]

I remember a few months ago, while scrolling through Instagram, I clicked on a clip of a little girl (maybe 4 or 5) tumbling. The owner of the account (one of the parents) was posting pictures and replying back to commenters as if he/she was the little girl. This kid had thousands of followers. The pictures and the way the parent replied to the fans really creeped me out. I shudder every time I think about it.

:confused: Were they misspelling words? Using abbreviations?

 

[SL&AM]

I remember a few months ago, while scrolling through Instagram, I clicked on a clip of a little girl (maybe 4 or 5) tumbling. The owner of the account (one of the parents) was posting pictures and replying back to commenters as if he/she was the little girl. This kid had thousands of followers. The pictures and the way the parent replied to the fans really creeped me out. I shudder every time I think about it.

Every time I see that type of stuff images of Jon Bennett Ramsey flash in my head.

 

[darlingsmomx4]

I think most parents given the opportunity would like their child to have popularity they just say they don't if it isn't happening to their child. It really isn't that parents fault if their young child, who is old enough to begin exploring social media with close parental contact has a child that becomes popular just because of who that child is. If people naturally think a child is talented or cute you cannot help that and it isn't fair to punish them from having a social media account. Would that be fair to say to little Susie who's friends all have the account, sorry too many people like you so you cannot participate. Parents just need to be involved and pay attention and know what goes on with it in these unique situations. Plus if you have a polite, active, smart child and other children look up to them I am all for them having positive people to look up to. What I don't like is when people act like that child is perfect, kids are kids and no one is perfect and everyone should only want to be one person, themselves.

 

[SL&AM]

I think most parents given the opportunity would like their child to have popularity they just say they don't if it isn't happening to their child. It really isn't that parents fault if their young child, who is old enough to begin exploring social media with close parental contact has a child that becomes popular just because of who that child is. If people naturally think a child is talented or cute you cannot help that and it isn't fair to punish them from having a social media account. Would that be fair to say to little Susie who's friends all have the account, sorry too many people like you so you cannot participate. Parents just need to be involved and pay attention and know what goes on with it in these unique situations. Plus if you have a polite, active, smart child and other children look up to them I am all for them having positive people to look up to. What I don't like is when people act like that child is perfect, kids are kids and no one is perfect and everyone should only want to be one person, themselves.

I'm sorry, but as the mom of a young child; there is no need for strangers to be judging their skills or cuteness. My eldest daughter is 6; she is gorgeous, funny, talented, very kind, and LOVES making videos. As a baby, if I wanted her to stop crying all I had to do was put a camera in front of her face and she'd smile. But she's 6...even when she's 9, 10, 11...etc, she won't have her own social media site. That is inviting trouble into their lives...if people want to see how cute she is they can be my friend on facebook; but you aren't going to be my friend unless I know you and know you well.

As for all of Suzie's friends having an IG, twitter, and Facebook account...I don't care. Yes, my child can and will be the only one who is banned from a personal access account until she is old enough to handle the responsibility of it without needing me needing to police it every second of every day. It certainly won't be before the age of 16.

Social media is vicious and there are too many new studies coming out about how it is harming our youth to have it so young. As for your assumption that all parents want their kids to be popular, in my case, I wholeheartedly disagree---while I expect my children to be kind, the quality of their friendships is so much more important than being Prom Queen or 500 friends on instagram.

 

[randomactsofcheer]

I think most parents given the opportunity would like their child to have popularity they just say they don't if it isn't happening to their child. It really isn't that parents fault if their young child, who is old enough to begin exploring social media with close parental contact has a child that becomes popular just because of who that child is. If people naturally think a child is talented or cute you cannot help that and it isn't fair to punish them from having a social media account. Would that be fair to say to little Susie who's friends all have the account, sorry too many people like you so you cannot participate. Parents just need to be involved and pay attention and know what goes on with it in these unique situations. Plus if you have a polite, active, smart child and other children look up to them I am all for them having positive people to look up to. What I don't like is when people act like that child is perfect, kids are kids and no one is perfect and everyone should only want to be one person, themselves.

Denying a child a social media account is a punishment for being naturally cute and talented? There is nothing wrong with a child old enough to handle a (closely monitored by parents) social media account gaining a large amount of followers because they have gained some sort of notoriety for their talent/personality/whatever. However, I have a huge problem with parents who create social media accounts for their children with the end goal of achieving "celebrity" status.

And it is absolutely, positively okay to tell your child they can't have something, even if all of their friends have one.

 

[darlingsmomx4]

I'm sorry, but as the mom of a young child; there is no need for strangers to be judging their skills or cuteness. My eldest daughter is 6; she is gorgeous, funny, talented, very kind, and LOVES making videos. As a baby, if I wanted her to stop crying all I had to do was put a camera in front of her face and she'd smile. But she's 6...even when she's 9, 10, 11...etc, she won't have her own social media site. That is inviting trouble into their lives...if people want to see how cute she is they can be my friend on facebook; but you aren't going to be my friend unless I know you and know you well.

As for all of Suzie's friends having an IG, twitter, and Facebook account...I don't care. Yes, my child can and will be the only one who is banned from a personal access account until she is old enough to handle the responsibility of it without needing me needing to police it every second of every day. It certainly won't be before the age of 16.

Social media is vicious and there are too many new studies coming out about how it is harming our youth to have it so young. As for your assumption that all parents want their kids to be popular, in my case, I wholeheartedly disagree---while I expect my children to be kind, the quality of their friendships is so much more important than being Prom Queen or 500 friends on instagram.

I have both older and younger children 18-3 so I guess that is why I might think about it differently. I am a ver protective mother but I also have realized as much as you try you cannot protect them from everything. I still police all of their accounts I am a mother they live in the house and I view it as my job. But even my younger ones have already been exposed to social media because of the older siblings posting things about them but this is also why I watch everything that is done. And get infuriated if I dare see anything inappropriate.

 

[SL&AM]

I have both older and younger children 18-3 so I guess that is why I might think about it differently. I am a ver protective mother but I also have realized as much as you try you cannot protect them from everything. I still police all of their accounts I am a mother they live in the house and I view it as my job. But even my younger ones have already been exposed to social media because of the older siblings posting things about them but this is also why I watch everything that is done. And get infuriated if I dare see anything inappropriate.

If my child's social media is set up 'correctly'---I'm quoting because this is my own opinion, their security would be so far locked down that no one they didn't personally know would be on there. In which case, I wouldn't care. I have my personal facebook locked down so that if my friends happen to share a picture or tag themselves, none of their friends that aren't mutual friends can see it. Therefore, there is no real chance of her 'accidentally' becoming famous or having people who would want to follow her.

Children being splashed on social media for the sake of celebrity status is disgusting, imo, and makes the child more of a toy than a human. Not to mention it inflates the parents ego and potentially the child's. While I definitely don't think I can save both of my girl's from everything, social media is something I can control and will do so a lot.

 

[Official OWECheer]

I'm sorry, but as the mom of a young child; there is no need for strangers to be judging their skills or cuteness. My eldest daughter is 6; she is gorgeous, funny, talented, very kind, and LOVES making videos. As a baby, if I wanted her to stop crying all I had to do was put a camera in front of her face and she'd smile. But she's 6...even when she's 9, 10, 11...etc, she won't have her own social media site. That is inviting trouble into their lives...if people want to see how cute she is they can be my friend on facebook; but you aren't going to be my friend unless I know you and know you well.

As for all of Suzie's friends having an IG, twitter, and Facebook account...I don't care. Yes, my child can and will be the only one who is banned from a personal access account until she is old enough to handle the responsibility of it without needing me needing to police it every second of every day. It certainly won't be before the age of 16.

Social media is vicious and there are too many new studies coming out about how it is harming our youth to have it so young. As for your assumption that all parents want their kids to be popular, in my case, I wholeheartedly disagree---while I expect my children to be kind, the quality of their friendships is so much more important than being Prom Queen or 500 friends on instagram.

500 is actually considered low if you're Insta famous...