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0 pointsnoneeeed5y ago0 comments

I'm the same. My son struggled with his motor skills when he was little so we got him interested in gymnastics and he loves it and it's really helped. I'd like to do the same for my daughter when she's old enough but I'd hope she doesn't want go into competition. She also likes dance so that might be a better option.

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milesvp5y ago

FYI, Dance can have similar problems. I’m convinced a world reknowned ballet school had a major negative psychological effect on someone I know. Not sure how common that is in lesser schools, but something to be mindful of.

noneeeedOP5y ago

Yeah, I'm just thinking that dance seems less about the competition than gymnastics, so might be a healthier atmosphere.

Our gymnastics club has a kind of parkour club which seems more about having fun and being active which I think me might move my son to when he's old enough.

jesseendahl5y ago

The ballet world has similar levels of competition and harmful psychological effects as women’s gymnastics. There are a huge number of girls and women competing for an extremely small number of available jobs as a full time professional dancer for a top-tier ballet company, of which there are only a small handful in the world. And almost everyone in ballet has struggled with disordered eating at some point, including the men.

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