Cheerleading sticker shock

[highland145]

lulz, hell no. I asked him if he wanted to stick to piano and he said yes, thus we bought a brand new piano. ah heck better practice the hell out of it.

Amen X 2 ...wear the ivory off them keys.

I want 1st dibs on his concert tickets.

 

[sdifox]

Amen X 2 ...wear the ivory off them keys.

I want 1st dibs on his concert tickets.

oh I don't expect concert level at all, just has to keep at it. No ivory on them keys.

 

[highland145]

oh I don't expect concert level at all, just has to keep at it. No ivory on them keys.

This for sure.

 

[OlafSicky]

Cheerleading is not "flourishing". This is not teaching her skills that she'll use for the rest of her life.

Where are you living on Pluto? If she is good and good looking she might cheer for a pro team meet a pro football player and be set for life. For good looking girls cheer leading is the best skill/trade they can learn.

 

[Pulsar]

Cheerleading is not "flourishing". This is not teaching her skills that she'll use for the rest of her life.

You're right. Every knows that kids should be barred from performing every activity that is not somehow enlightening to them. NEVER allow them to do something that is simply pure fun.

Doing something physical like that helps to blow off steam, and in that setting she'll make friends and enjoy doing it. Damn. You're right. Nothing positive and healthy there.

 

[sixone]

Where are you living on Pluto? If she is good and good looking she might cheer for a pro team meet a pro football player and be set for life. For good looking girls cheer leading is the best skill/trade they can learn.

Misogynist much?

 

[SheHateMe]

Misogynist much?

Thats what cheerleading is about, duh.

Cheerleaders also don't tend to be the smartest...despite being good looking. I am willing to bet that it is more likely that a cheerleader for a pro team would be a notch on a player's bedpost than his wife.

 

[Soundmanred]

Where are you living on Pluto? If she is good and good looking she might cheer for a pro team meet a pro football player and be set for life. For good looking girls cheer leading is the best skill/trade they can learn.

I just realized why he hesitates...

 

[SheHateMe]

Aww..thats mean.

 

[randomrogue]

Sports cost money. Not sure what surprises you. I have family and friends who do both. It's great for the girls. Why you would balk at the cost I'm not sure. If you look at this from a monthly cost it's cheaper than a lot of other sports she could be interested in. Where I personally have a problem is when the girls misbehave and need to be grounded and you can't take cheer away from them without them getting thrown off the team so not only are you paying money for this but you can't use it as a tool for discipline. If she did Karate you could not pay the fees for a month and ground her.

There's two ways to do this. She can do highschool cheerleading or she can do cheer out of school. I'm pretty sure cheerleading is the far cheaper option but it's not very competitive and the exercise isn't as good.

However if you do cheer they often will not travel to a competition unless they get either the whole thing paid for by the organizers or at least a huge portion of it. So although they probably won't get all of them paid unless they're a national top team if they're half way decent they'll get some paid and be able to go around the country competing. I'm still pretty sure it's going to cost thousands a year though to be on a competitive cheer team.

 

[randomrogue]

Only in America "extra" activities after school are considered "part of raising kids"

You see, around the world kids don't have such luxuries.

So it all depends on perspective......yours doesn't exactly line up with reality (which is ok, I'm Americanized as well, but I don't forget where I come from).

I have a feeling buying your kid an Iphone and paying services, buying a Car at 16/insurance/fix/........is ALL part of parenting TO YOU.

Riiiight

I'm gonna call bullshit on this. I know you grew up in Poland and having been there quite a bit I understand how cheap it was. My family used to specifically go to Poland for mini-weekend vacations since you could blow $50-$100 and live like a King in the best hotels, eating the best food, etc. I did the same when I was 18-20. However things have changed even in Poland. Stop living in the past. You sound like an old man "Back in my day I walked up hill both ways to and from school through snow, sleet, and hail".

Since I live overseas I guess I can back you up and say there isn't any cheer over here but you know they still have horseback riding, sailing, martial arts, ballet, dance, gymnastics, music, and other expensive activities that daughters like to participate in.

If it makes it easier I think you should look at this from a physical shape point of view. Cheer will get you in unbelievable shape. It works them hard. I really think it's good for them. It's good for their body, socially, and for their self confidence. Cheerleeding is probably not as good but I do believe you'll find it cheaper.