All-Star Dance Moms? How About Cheer Moms....

[WhichgirlownsthEthrone]

Does anyone else think that cheer moms are getting a little too out of hand?

 

[fortheloveofTNT]

Think...Ha I KNOW !

 

[cheer4ever0522]

like chasing their daughters into warmups with a giant bottle of hairspray ya ive seen it all haha

 

[WhichgirlownsthEthrone]

Or starting drama between girls at other gyms!! Like it's crazy.....

 

[Giselle]

getting out of hand? they've BEEN out of hand!

 

[cheer4ever0522]

i might want to avoid this thread b4 "that" side of me comes out

 

[Giselle]

Or starting drama between girls at other gyms!! Like it's crazy.....

ughhh that's the worst. parents should know better!

 

[WhichgirlownsthEthrone]

ughhh that's the worst. parents should know better!

You would think so!! I just wondered what everyone else thought

 

[Giselle]

You would think so!! I just wondered what everyone else thought

Haha I could be wrong but I feel like cheer mom's in Texas are the absolute WORST! They cause and stir up more drama than the girls! It's gross!

 

[cheerheart4life]

I've met moms that scream at their kids at practices for talking and not throwing their tumbling perfectly. It pisses me off because a parent should be a kids cheerleader, not another coach to yell at them

 

[TheVipersMom]

Haha cheer moms, that cracks me up.

Everytime I tell my dad stories he is like "I thought dance moms was fake but I guess not, you cheer moms could be on it"

However I find most of my negative experience from parents who are mad their kids aren't flying.

I've heard so many negative things this year-
Like oh your daughter was on tiny's last year and now she is on youth2 that's not fair because my daughter can't fly because of your daughter being put on the team and my daughter spent 2 years on tiny's and 3 years on mini's and she finally moves up to level 2 and now she can't fly.

Like I'm sorry it took your cp 4 or 5 years to get a back handspring and your mad at me because why?
I didn't put the teams together....

It was so hard for me as a mom this season because last year when my daughter was on tiny's there was no drama. No one cared if my daughter was up front. No one cared if there kid flew or not- all the parents were great.

Then like the first month on this youth team I like literally hated going to the gym because I felt like some of the parents picked on me because my cp was 6.

Then I heard during the summer a couple parents yelling at their cp saying why are you landing on your knees in your back handspring, your letting a 6 year tumble better then you.

& yeah it seems like a compliment but the way they said it just kind of irritated me.

It's so much better now.. I know what parents truly like me and I know what parents are still harboring feelings against me. As I'm sure several of them are excited we are moving at the end of the season. Who knows if no more little kids make it there daughter may get to fly. Lol
& I'm genuinely sorry they feel that way and wish we had more kids so they could all fly. But were a small team with 15 kids. Most of the kids are on the smaller spectrum. All but 3 of them are the right size to fly on a normal youth team with average bases. Just not ours, my daughter is the absolute smallest so she can't even front base a stunt. There is really no other place for her..

It does make me feel better to know there everywhere!!

 

[angelndscz]

It is in all sports. I use to coach the t-ball team for my now *19* year old son's team. I will never coach again because of the parents. The kids were great, the parents were aweful, insisting their kids have their old college number and certain positions. It's t-ball on a military base where they just give you shirts (free, but you have to return them), whatever size fits your kid... is the one they get... want a different number... go trade with another parent. LoL.

Through 4 kid we have been through baseball, football, soccer, ice hockey, lacrosse, tennis, cheer, etc. It's all the same with the parent situation. I have seen both sides, I have been the crazy parent once or twice myself when I felt one of my children were not being treated fairly.

What I have found is there are ways for coaches and owners to diffuse the parent drama. Some gyms take an active approach in ensuring there is no drama or diffusing it as soon as it happens, others have constant drama.

I have seen our gym go above and beyond to ensure all girls feel appreciated in whatever position they are in. This seems to help at least the flying situation. I mentioned this a while back on another post, but once a picture of my daughter flying was posted and instead of the coach saying "way to go" to my daughter, she posted to the base "way to base!" Little things mean a lot. I would say there is very little drama at our gym. I won't say there is not any, but if there is, it is usally addressed and diffused right way. I think sometimes drama happens when parents don't understand why certain decisions are made or certain rules. Addressing it is an educational opportunity for all.

 

[CheerMomNTx]

Haha I could be wrong but I feel like cheer mom's in Texas are the absolute WORST! They cause and stir up more drama than the girls! It's gross!

Hey! Not all of us are crazy!!! :-p

 

[justcheer5678]

It is in all sports. I use to coach the t-ball team for my now *19* year old son's team. I will never coach again because of the parents. The kids were great, the parents were aweful, insisting their kids have their old college number and certain positions. It's t-ball on a military base where they just give you shirts (free, but you have to return them), whatever size fits your kid... is the one they get... want a different number... go trade with another parent. LoL.

Through 4 kid we have been through baseball, football, soccer, ice hockey, lacrosse, tennis, cheer, etc. It's all the same with the parent situation. I have seen both sides, I have been the crazy parent once or twice myself when I felt one of my children were not being treated fairly.

What I have found is there are ways for coaches and owners to diffuse the parent drama. Some gyms take an active approach in ensuring there is no drama or diffusing it as soon as it happens, others have constant drama.

I have seen our gym go above and beyond to ensure all girls feel appreciated in whatever position they are in. This seems to help at least the flying situation. I mentioned this a while back on another post, but once a picture of my daughter flying was posted and instead of the coach saying "way to go" to my daughter, she posted to the base "way to base!" Little things mean a lot. I would say there is very little drama at our gym. I won't say there is not any, but if there is, it is usally addressed and diffused right way. I think sometimes drama happens when parents don't understand why certain decisions are made or certain rules. Addressing it is an educational opportunity for all.

Thanks for saying this! I hate that people think that cheer parents are the worst when in reality all sports have parents just as "crazy" as cheer parents!

 

[proudcheermomma]

OK so I burst into tears everytime my cp team takes the mat and then i scream at the top of my lungs for the who 2:30 IS THAT WRONG???lol