SL&AM
Cheer Parent
- May 13, 2014
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So, I've been sitting on this question for a few weeks now and figured I'd posed it to people who have far more experience than I do.
Our gym is letting girl's come in throughout the summer to see if our gym/team is for them. Since we're in a military town, PCSing is heavy over the summer so the few we've lost, have already been replaced by some new fresh faces.
A few weeks ago, a mom brought her daughter in and while sitting in the Parent's area; after figuring out I was a returner mom, point blank asked me how our girl's placed last year. For a second, I sat there and considered the question before answering her question, also including that my CP was on a team that our gym doesn't have this season and the team she moved up to, was something totally different last year so it was really hard to answer since obviously she wants the expectations of the team her CP would be on now.
I ended up asking her why she was curious and she basically said it's too much money to spend if the team doesn't win. I just nodded my head and didn't continue on with our conversation, frankly because I wasn't sure what to say.
If this were a bigger gym, a more well known gym even, maybe I'd understand that more. But I also feel like cheer teaches so much outside of winning, that the cost is definitely worth it even if they don't always win. Since our team does not travel out of state, financially it's not nearly as bad as what I expect to pay as CP ages.
How would you have responded?
Our gym is letting girl's come in throughout the summer to see if our gym/team is for them. Since we're in a military town, PCSing is heavy over the summer so the few we've lost, have already been replaced by some new fresh faces.
A few weeks ago, a mom brought her daughter in and while sitting in the Parent's area; after figuring out I was a returner mom, point blank asked me how our girl's placed last year. For a second, I sat there and considered the question before answering her question, also including that my CP was on a team that our gym doesn't have this season and the team she moved up to, was something totally different last year so it was really hard to answer since obviously she wants the expectations of the team her CP would be on now.
I ended up asking her why she was curious and she basically said it's too much money to spend if the team doesn't win. I just nodded my head and didn't continue on with our conversation, frankly because I wasn't sure what to say.
If this were a bigger gym, a more well known gym even, maybe I'd understand that more. But I also feel like cheer teaches so much outside of winning, that the cost is definitely worth it even if they don't always win. Since our team does not travel out of state, financially it's not nearly as bad as what I expect to pay as CP ages.
How would you have responded?