Should I be upset that my 6 year old daughter does not want to do all star cheerleading?

Question by Cheer mom: Should I be upset that my 6 year old daughter does not want to do all star cheerleading?
My 6 yr old daughter has been doing all star cheerleading for 2 years now. She is very athletic and is bored, she wants to try soccer. I’ve told her she can do both, but she doesn’t want 2 practices! My concern is she will stop and then decide in middle school she would like to do cheerleading and it will be too late because she won’t be good enough. We live in a very competitive cheerleading town, 5 consecutive state championships!

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Answer by Jadey_bummz
do whats best for your daughter ask her what she really wants.
is she gunna make a living from cheerleading?
and at 6 years old of course she doesnt want 2 practices..
most teenagers find it hard to study 2 subjects…

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18 thoughts on “Should I be upset that my 6 year old daughter does not want to do all star cheerleading?

  1. money321

    Don’t make her do something she doesn’t want to. She is only 6!!! Believe me she will probably get back into cheerleading when she wants to. Let her play soccer because all my friends wanted to play soccer & then after a few years then quit because it was to boring to them. So just let her try. She has a long time to go before she is in Middle School.

    Tell her have fun 🙂

  2. Yes I can!

    No you shouldn’t be upset. I’d be thrilled if my daughter chose soccer over cheerleading. Cheerleaders look like sluts.

  3. lynessasedai

    Yeah, great. You go ahead and push your daughter to do what you want her to do, come back and let me know how she’s acting towards you when she’s sixteen.

    How about you let her do what she wants to do instead? She’ll love you more for that than for pushing her into something she’s not super passionate about.

    And who cares what kind of a town you live in? It doesn’t matter. What matters is what your little girl wants to do.

  4. Free 2 B Me

    Wow, I say do not push this child to do something she doesn’t want to do.

    Won’t be “good enough” later on? U know, u need to not try and live through her…if u want her to improve her skills at a later time…that’s what practice is for…IF she wants to do it.

    A mom is supposed to support a child in doing what makes them happy…

  5. Cindy D

    Forget the cheerleading. Let her do soccer!

    You might tell her that she can go back to cheerleading if she chooses, but don’t push–and don’t try to live her life for her!

    I can guarantee that if you force her to keep cheerleading, she will hate it and resent you.

  6. hello717171

    I don’t think you should force her to do something she doesn’t want to do. She’s still young and it’s good that she wants to try different sports. Having two sports practices could be very stressful to a six year old. By the time she’s in middle school, then she might know which sport she wants to continue into high school with. Until then, I think it would be best to support her and encourage her to try soccer and new sports and activities. Just because your town is competitive cheerleading town does not mean your daughter is going to want to cheer forever. Support her, encourage her, but don’t force her and make sure the tough competitiveness is not too stressful on her.

    Hope this helps!

  7. 4532

    So what if your daughter doesn’t want to be a cheerleader. She will probably decide she doesn’t want to be soccer player either. She will probably want to swim, dance or learn karate in future too. That’s what kids do. They try out things until the find the one thing THEY like.

    My eleven year old has been in choir for several years. She recently told me she no longer wants to do it anymore. So be it. It’s her decision not mine.

  8. amyhpete

    Sounds like you want her to do cheerleading and she wants to do soccer. Maybe she’s already had it with the pressure of cheerleading and just wants you to lay off. If she’s bored with it, it’s a sign she won’t give it her all for the next eight years until high school anyway when it really matters, so she ought to quit now and try soccer.

    Let your kid be a kid. You should really not pressure her now to be a championship winner when she’s almost grown. She has a lot of childhood to live and who knows what could happen. If your worst case scenario happens where she does want to do it in middle school but hasn’t had the NINE years of practice of all the other girls, you could get her private dance lessons at that time to help her step up her skills.

    Starting intensive cheerleading practice at 4 is just outrageous anyway.

  9. etcetera86

    She’s six years old!!! Let her try soccer out, maybe she’ll decide she likes cheerleading better… maybe she’ll decide she hates cheerleading, it shouldn’t matter. If she later decides she wants to cheer than she’ll have to work a little harder than the girls who’ve been non-stop since age four, that’s okay.

  10. Holly S

    Let her do what she wants. If she wants to do soccer, then let her, she may even excel at it and win titles! Its best to let your children have all the life experiences that she can.

  11. lisavonlady@sbcglobal.net

    I definitely see where you’re coming from. Even thought she’s only 6 it’s hard for her to understand the importance of it right now. I think she should do both. At least keep up with the cheerleading until she is in jr high it’s a great way for her to meet friends and it starts getting competitive really competitive around then and it may be a challenge she’ll like by then.

    If she’s not interested in a couple years then pull her out I know I’m going to get a lot of thumbs down for my answer but Cheerleading is a very competitve sport and the earlier you’re trained the easier it will be. Soccer is fun and it’s a great sport so my thing is do both. At least for a year or 2 and see how it goes.

  12. Josh J

    do people seriously come in here and ask stupid questions like this? If she doesn’t want to do it, she doesn’t have to. Let her try other things and don’t make her overwork herself with too much.

  13. bookmarksocial

    The best way to get her interested in cheerleading again is to find her someone she can look up to who is really good at cheerleading. In the meantime, help her stay athletic. This will keep her in shape so that if she does change her mind about cheerleading she will be in shape enough to jump right back into it. The main thing she needs to know is that she has your support either way.

  14. Beth

    It seems as if you forced her to do cheer leading by the way that sounds. If she wants to try soccer, then let her go for it. Just because you live in a competitive cheer leading town, that doesn’t mean she has to do it too. She’s not a miniature version of you; she’s her own unique person.

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