cheysmomager
Cheer Parent
- Mar 2, 2011
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When my daughter was 4, she thought the high school cheerleaders were Gods!! She really looked up to them and wanted to become on someday. When she was old enough to get a Facebook, she tried to friend as many as she could (yes I monitored!!).
When she became a 7th grade cheerleader, I reminded her how she looked up to cheerleaders when she was young. I told her she was now someone little girls would look up to and be like. I was (and still am) very strick with what she puts on any social media.
This year, her freshman year, she became a varsity cheerleader. I assumed that the high school would have similar social media policies as I do. This is a very small town so even if the kids don't have social media, they will know most of the HS cheerleaders and athletes.
Well guess NOT!! I was shocked as other cheerleaders posted Instagram pics of them drinking, used foul and vulgar language on twitter, and so on!!
I had a talk with the sponser, stating NICELY that these girls were role models and it really didn't look good. She seemed to agree with me (this was her first year), but appearently told a couple of the girls what I said. Really started my daughters freshman year.
When I later confronted the principal about everything she told me "we can't control what kids post when they are out of school."
ARE YOU SERIOUS??? I know all star gyms that have strict rules about posting on social media. I've heard of all star coaches that 'police' all social media and you can't control a high school with less than 400 students!!!
Am I that dumb to believe this can be done?? Does your school have social media rules?? Do they enforce them??
Sorry I'm ranting!!
When she became a 7th grade cheerleader, I reminded her how she looked up to cheerleaders when she was young. I told her she was now someone little girls would look up to and be like. I was (and still am) very strick with what she puts on any social media.
This year, her freshman year, she became a varsity cheerleader. I assumed that the high school would have similar social media policies as I do. This is a very small town so even if the kids don't have social media, they will know most of the HS cheerleaders and athletes.
Well guess NOT!! I was shocked as other cheerleaders posted Instagram pics of them drinking, used foul and vulgar language on twitter, and so on!!
I had a talk with the sponser, stating NICELY that these girls were role models and it really didn't look good. She seemed to agree with me (this was her first year), but appearently told a couple of the girls what I said. Really started my daughters freshman year.
When I later confronted the principal about everything she told me "we can't control what kids post when they are out of school."
ARE YOU SERIOUS??? I know all star gyms that have strict rules about posting on social media. I've heard of all star coaches that 'police' all social media and you can't control a high school with less than 400 students!!!
Am I that dumb to believe this can be done?? Does your school have social media rules?? Do they enforce them??
Sorry I'm ranting!!