OT You Might Be A Sm/sd If...

[Cheer Dad]

...You can't drop and run for practices and your first question when CP gets in the car isn't 'did you have fun?'






**Sometimes I day dream Cheer Son is almost as good as Susie and then reality sets in**

 

[Cheer Dad]

...if you leave nose prints on the parent room viewing windows.


**Sometimes I day dream Cheer Son is almost as good as Susie and then reality sets in**

 

[Official OWECheer]

...if your kid's mental block causes you to become his/her live-in sports psychologist.

...if gifts to your child are contingent upon them achieving your (yes, your) cheer goals.

...if you worry more about him/her keeping up with other kids skill-wise, than you are about him/her having fun.

...if you feel entitled to interrupt practice to correct the coach.

...if you take everything personally ("WHAT? My kid's no longer point flyer/last pass/front row for the dance! You hate him/her/me, don't you? STOP PLAYING FAVORITES!!!")

...if you get so intimidated by someone else's child that you begin to trash-talk him/her their parent(s) to anyone who will listen, even your own kid.

 

[dawgshow]

...you keep a spreadsheet of everyone's skills color coded by proficiency

...you have a 5 year plan plotting CP's progression and place in the routine.

 

[Official OWECheer]

...you keep a spreadsheet of everyone's skills color coded by proficiency

...you have a 5 year plan plotting CP's progression and place in the routine.

I get the feeling that this is based on a true story...

 

[5-6-7-8]

...you run your 9 year old's Instagram.

 

[mecheermom]

If you tap on the glass in the parent room and wave wildly with sign language to your CP while shouting to them.

 

[Keep_Believing]

If you tap on the glass in the parent room and wave wildly with sign language to your CP while shouting to them.

Turned red when I read this, don't tap, but I do the sign language thing!

 

[12stepCheermom]

If you start a sentence to a coach with "I don't want to sound like one of THOSE moms but..."


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[CheerBank]

....you can drop and run but you choose to stay and watch each and every practice

....you have the coach on speed dial

 

[12stepCheermom]

You teach yourself the score sheets, watch the training videos and score the entire division(s) yourself at competitions.

(Speaking from experience on that one...)


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[SheCheers]

The moment an unsuspecting parent sits down next to you in the viewing area, you can't help but tell them ALL about Susie, the skills she has, the reason she is on the team she's on, the reason she isn't on the better team (it's not her fault)....

 

[dawgshow]

You teach yourself the score sheets, watch the training videos and score the entire division(s) yourself at competitions.

(Speaking from experience on that one...)


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[TheDivineCheerYaYaSecret]

You teach yourself the score sheets, watch the training videos and score the entire division(s) yourself at competitions.

(Speaking from experience on that one...)


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Wait, there are training videos???? (JK)

 

[12stepCheermom]

It's true. These were dark times, dark times indeed.


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