Tennis vs Dance as EC

thumper1
Sat, 25 Aug 2018 02:06:04 +0000

@pearl0607

I’m the parent of the third graders who had to choose.

Kids started dance at age three. At age 8, the kids wanted to audition for a children’s choir. Both were after school activities with a rather large time commitment.

When they were accepted into the choir, both asked if they could do both. We parents politely said…NO…and told them to pick the one they wanted to do. We gave them absolutely no guidance other than to say…choose. They liked both activities, but only one could be done.

They both made their choice…and told us. And that was that.

As a 7th grader, it’s likely that both tennis and dance are after school activities. If you only want your kiddo to do one of these, the she will need to choose.

If she chooses dance…You could also look into options for summer tennis for next year, and the summer before 9th grade. Than, if she chooses, she could try out for the HS tennis team in 9th grade.

Adding…we didn’t make the choice or even offer much in terms of guidance…because our kids had already made the decision they liked both activities…and we never wanted them to say that WE made them choose one activity over the other.