All-Star Confessions Of A Cheermom

[GreenStormLucy]

Agreed. We buried my 46 y/o friend and co worker on the first day of school about two years ago from aggressive melanoma. She blamed it on lifestyle of tanning beds in her teens and twenties. I miss her :(

We're Irish and Czech around here...we have two colors, white and red. If my kid wants to tan, it will come from a bottle.

We are Czech also - and i tried with tanning beds (some years ago) , but it didn´t help much and i was worried because of my health so i stopped.

My confession: If my daughter ever wants a tan for competitions,
i´ll try this tanning towels. If i catch her going to a tanning bed, she´ll get grounded for a long time :-)

You have to be 18 years to go to a tanning bed here in germany, but i think there are not so many studios that really control how old the kids are.
I work near a tanning bed studio and i see these 13/14 year old girls going in there all the time and looking like grilled chicken.

Sorry to hear about your friend, my friend´s mom died from agressive melanoma when she (my friend) was 18 years old - it was really sad.

 

[mommadonna]

I may or may not have promised Babydonna that she could take a friend to Great Wolf Lodge (cool hotel with an indoor waterpark) when she got her tuck. Babydonna may or may not have come off the floor after ringing the bell and doing said tuck then exclaimed, "I'm going to Great Wolf!" :oops:

 

[Babs]

1)
10) And the biggest confession of them all.....I used to be the awesome, gym-supporting cheer mom. That all died a quick and painful death over the last few months. This past weekend, the only thing I could think watching twitter....."Thank you sweet baby Jesus I am NOT sitting in a convention center stuck in cheer hell this weekend!" Everything that used to excite me about watching my kids compete is now a chore and I hate it. The only thing I still love.... my kids.

Not true. If it was you wouldn't be on the boards reading/writing this!

 

[12stepCheermom]

Not true. If it was you wouldn't be on the boards reading/writing this!

Point taken. I should probably add "living vicariously thought fierce board" to my list of confessions ;)

 

[THEJOEL]

Should I start a new thread called "Confessions of a Cheer Dad" or just comment here??
I have a few..... :)

 

[dawgshow]

Should I start a new thread called "Confessions of a Cheer Dad" or just comment here??
I have a few..... :)

Spill 'em here.

 

[THEJOEL]

Spill 'em here.

Ok here it goes...
Confessions of a cheer Dad....
1)My CP started at her cheer gym at 3 because I heard a very random radio ad about an open house.Been there for 3+ years. but this is our first year of real cheerleading.
2) My wife initially objected to me taking her to the gym but I insisted. I won!! :)
3) I love it when my 6 year old CP out tumbles the high school kids.
4) I wonder if I would be so involved with cheer if my CP wasn't an only child and had a brother.
5) I internet stalked every team she competed against in her first comp this year. ( I was almost dead on.)
6) I was honestly shocked when my CP's team won their first comp. I thought second at best and I cussed out loud and have video to prove it.
7) I am getting a former UGA cheerleader to work with my 6 year old CP in the next couple of weeks on her flying. She is the niece of a coworker so I called in a favor.
8) I wish my CP would do gymnastics instead.
9) I was given a hoodie with our gym name on it from one of the coaches and I realize how big of a minority I really am every time I wear it.
11) I joined Fierceboard because I got pissed off at my gym owner when she told me I didn't understand how cheer worked when I dressed her down about dropping my CP's team down to level 1.
12) I hate the fact that she was right about dropping them down.

 

[justpeachy]

Confession: I will approach your kid (whether I know her or not) and fix her janky helicopter propeller bow.

You're welcome.

 

[Cheer Dad]

Confession: I will approach your kid (whether I know her or not) and fix her janky helicopter propeller bow.

You're welcome.

:confused: Good intention but could go wrong quick if just one kid freaks out.

 

[justpeachy]

:confused: Good intention but could go wrong quick if just one kid freaks out.

Totally.... I was kidding (mostly) ;)

 

[thecheernerd]

As a Coach and a Mom...
I love switching to "Mom" mode between coaching my own two teams and watching my CP perform! It gives me goosebumps to see her confidence and performance skills on stage! She may not be the highest skilled on that stage...but she certainly knows how to out perform some level 5 athletes! It's awesome to share your love of the sport with your own....except for when she wants to listen to nothing but cheer music...come on kid...some days are meant to be "cheer free"!

 

[cljacks99]

Agreed. We buried my 46 y/o friend and co worker on the first day of school about two years ago from aggressive melanoma. She blamed it on lifestyle of tanning beds in her teens and twenties. I miss her :(

We're Irish and Czech around here...we have two colors, white and red. If my kid wants to tan, it will come from a bottle.

I am 31 years old and have had 3 areas of my skin removed due to basal cell carcinoma. I tanned in a tanning bed at the ripe age of 14 because I wanted to be dark for dance recitals, dance competitions, pageants, ect... I am STRONGLY against tanning beds. There are some fabulous sunless products... My daughter has been getting spray tans since she was 6. I know it sounds crazy, but it's actually become one of our little rituals. :) We are practically albino as well :)

 

[Jersey Cheer Mom]

Heading down to Century 21- has a little bit of everything for WICKED cheap..

Oh my, I know I am tardy to the party. This is my first day back at work since end of September (recovering from surgery). I wanted to get back to work, but I also had become a human veggie and didn't want to have to move from my couch. I hadn't been to the City in months. Oh how I missed Her, but wasn't looking forward to the crowds. Picked a good day to come back because it looks like lots of people are still on vacation. Anywho, thought of you when I went through Grand Central. May go to the MAC store at lunch time and to the sushi place in the food court, but it's pretty cold out,

And, yes, Century 21!!! Well, I am a woman of a certain age and when I worked downtown in the 80s, I would go into Century 21 many a day before I went to work to get my 'nylons!' (That's what we called pantyhose back then!!) Then would risk being late because I would want to up and down the escalator trying to find a bargain. I think that was the only one at the time, now there are a few and even one in Jersey. My commute used to take me through downtown and to the PATH WTC stop, so I took the 4 or the 5 to Fulton and if I got pulled in by the Century 21 call, forget it, I would be in there forever!! I always preferred downtown to midtown, before 9/11, it was the best!!! I still love it!!!!

 

[dawgshow]

...
...some days are meant to be "cheer free"!

:eek::confused: CP missed that memo!

 

[CricketCheerMom]

Should I start a new thread called "Confessions of a Cheer Dad" or just comment here??
I have a few..... :)

YES! My husband is so not involved in cheer. It will be nice to hear a man's perspective on it.