Question by mom of 3: Should a 7 year old miss school for cheerleading competition?
After 2 years of begging I recently let my daughter join a cheerleading team with her cousin. They explained to us that they could not miss practices and would be kicked off the team if they missed or were late to any compitition. We were also required to pay all compitition fees up front and there are no refunds if your child quits or is kicked from the team. We understood that since the routine would have to be changed if a child was no longer on the team. We were also told about the traveling and were fine with that. But now that we have paid over $ 600 and my daughter is loving cheer with all she has I have found out that in February she will be required to miss a day of school. I don’t think this is right and don’t want my daughter missing school. What should i do?
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Answer by Emmarrr :]
id let her. shes worked really hard and one day isnt going to effect her too much in the long term.
id do a deal with her say she can go if she asks for extra homework to do so shes still learning
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I agree with you. By allowing your daughter to miss school in favor of cheerleading, you’re telling her that cheerleading is more important than her education. Sure she’s only 7, but unless a family situation comes up, children should be in school. Talk to the cheer coach and see what can be worked out. Any program that puts itself ahead of school should be questioned by everyone.
Let her.
Its only one day..
And one day out of school is not worth putting over $ 600 to waste
off course you should let your daughter go. many people from my school miss school for hockey. and the teachers let kids miss school on sporting events . e.g tournament for volleyball.
It won’t kill her, at age 7, to miss a day of school…but you maybe should have read the fine print in that deal you must have signed…sounds like a money-machine scam to me, using gullible parents and eager wanna-be little kids as their way to riches. My first reaction to this question was, “Why in the world would a commonsensical mom get into such a thing in the first place?” Seven years old is a tad bit young and vulnerable to be signed into a ‘team’…what kind of games would a team of little girls cheer for, anyway? T-ball? Hope you can get out of this one…her interests will change and you’ll still be out that $ 600 plus traveling expenses, motels, special costumes, etc., etc. It would have been cheaper and more healthy for her if you’d invested in a Welsh pony!
I would let her.
What, a 7 year old missing school. She’s not going to be behind if hse missed like one day. What does a 7 year old learn at school anyways. It can’t be something that hard that she can’t catch up. You should let her go.
Wow, that cheerleading squad sounds a bit harsh
but if she loves cheerleading and if its only a day or a couple of days off school i would definatly let her off school, i mean if she loves it so much, id let her go!
Its only 1 day off school and shes only 7! Let he go with her friends it not fair that she has to miss out of this great cheerleaing opptunity!
Because it is only one day I would let her. If it were more than one day, then there might be problems. Just make sure she gets her school work for that day ahead of time so she won’t fall behind in class.
Let her go to the competiton! I know how it is to love cheerleading because i have been cheerleading all my life.(Just read my profile) I have had to miss about 2 days of school for a competition before and trust me everything will work out fine but as soon as i got back from the competition my mom MADE sure I got all work that I had missed and everything…so that u can do. Make sure that your daughter is happy which i’m sure she is…but make sure that ur happy too.
It’s only one day.
No big deal.
You’ve obviously invested a lot time and money into it so it wouldn’t hurt her to miss one day of school.
I think you should let her.
There are a lot of things that students miss school for that you might not realize.
Sports are the main one.
I have a friend who does horse shows, and there’s one every weekend. She misses just about every Friday of school from September- November and then April- end of school. This has been going on since she was in 3rd grade. I think this is wayyyyyyy too much.
It’s also only one day. If she had to miss a day every week, then that’d be time to quit.
And, the highschool band missed a day of school on their band trip. (our highschool band was the #1 in the country last year)
just let her know that she has to get her homework done.
Also, in highschool, if we have an away game that’s far away, we have to miss the last couple hours of school and leave at about 1.
There will be times when she has to miss school, and this is one of them. Just make sure she gets her homework done and checks with her teacher.
And if someone is saying that cheerleading is going to make her irresponsible, YEAH RIGHT! I started cheerleading this year (I’m also a dancer and gymnast) and my grades are so much better! I have something to work for now. I know that if my grades slip, i’ll get kicked off the squad. it’s soo fun, and i’d never want to do that.
GOOD LUCK TO YOUR DAUGHTER AT COMPETITON!
competitions are fantastic memories that last forever.
I would allow that. Cheerleading doesn’t happen when you’re old so let her enjoy her childhood. She can always make up for classes anyway. You can have a deal with her that you’ll agree for her to be on the team if she maintains a high grade in school.
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