YEARS ago when cp was still in rec, we always did a cheer comp at the end of the year. There was one team that won- every stinking year while ours never did well since we were military and we were considered "the rich kids" we were always docked for the silliest of things, our kids were booed, told they were worthless, every team would get cheered for except ours etc. Well, this one team had a habit of every time 2nd place was announced, their coach would stand up and throw her we're #1 finger up to illicit huge screaming for their team knowing they had won yet again, never allowing 2nd place to have their moment to shine. This one particular year (cps last year in rec) they were calling out placements, got to 2nd, she stood up doing her normal thing....only to have her team name called out for 2nd...... The celebration quickly turned quiet and you could seriously hear a pin drop. The kids and coaches were beyond mad and when we were named as champions they pulled the "rich military kids paid off the judges" and as they were leaving, the coach made every single child throw away their 2nd place trophy because she only trains winners.
Then the courteous thing to do when it's not your team lining up on the stage stairs is to move, which they did not!
Good Lord. What a sad mentality.
Not to mention dangerous. Kids can drown, get injured, be kidnapped, etc. You never know who's lurking.
I have said younger kids and cringe when I see other kids roaming free. Then again I'm the mean mom who makes her kids go to bed at a decent time, especially with a crack of stupid early report time. Fun can be had during regular hours but night is for sleep and rest.
The hotel pool at comps is off limits for my CP. The water looks like soup broth after all those kids (and their hair products) have been in there. Yuck.
I travel with ear plugs and use a white noise app for the girls and DH to help drown out the noise.
I use a white noise maker every night at home. It's small and super portable, so I can easily travel with it in the car. For any time that I can't, I use the app on my phone. It drowns out outside noise, plus I find I can't fall asleep in complete silence because I feel like I can hear every little thing. Came in handy many times last year when I had super loud roommates.
