Gabe1
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Yeah, I realize that may be a tad too long. I have a plan to deal with this. I contacted this acquaintance whose daughter cheers for this other gym and she said it would be ok to watch a practice. So we may go up one Sunday to check it out. I will tell dd that because of the new gym, there will not be enough kids to sustain a cheer program and we need to look for another gym, and I won’t go to the gym where the other families will be going. They will create drama there too. I want to be done with that. This person said there has been no drama.
My kids swam parks, High school and club. We did need to change clubs once as a new coach was nuts just out from marines and seemed to be working out his issues by dealing with the swimmers as if he was their commander. The team went from 140 to 33 very quickly. Swimmers were absorbed by 4 teams of swimmers and family choice.
I feel for you and your DD. I also see both sides frustration. I remember the drama over team shirts and the owner having enough of the parent drama so it obviously has been brewing a long time. And I get parents shock and unhappiness. Seems nobody has been happy. I agree owner made a business choice and did a bad job of looping the parents in.
I like @MinnieM123 only wondered the whys your DD needs to be kept in the dark. You don’t need to answer that or explain to me. It just raised my own radar. If she finds out from someone else on her team cause kids do especially when they are told not to tell, they will have a secret. I can imagine a couple kids talking about it when she is ear shot but not actually telling her. Kids can be cruel. But Then what? Me my kids were in on team change cause it was their sport but our kids might be wired very different so I am not judging. Each kids coping skills are different. My kids would have been so angry with me if I chose not loop them in. I forget. How old is your DD?