Replies to '12/27 Extreme Parenting'

Let me get one thing straight...it is not my dream for my son to become a cheerleader, we just kind of fell into it,  and yes I have a older daughter. I put my son in cheer since we were always at the gym with my older one. He was only a year and a half and was able to keep up with the routine so I left him in.  Now he has just started expressing that he wants to take a break, but he goes back and fourth with his decision, so I never know when to believe him.  He has only had one incident with teasing two years ago, he was in kindergarten being teased by a 5th grader. Other than that kids really do not mess with him. Now my husbands fear is that eventually down the line he will get teased, but so far he has done okay, and we will cross that bridge if it ever happens.  He did a hip hop dance and tumble routine for the talent show and kids were impressed that he could flip and now bug him to do it at school.  And what is weird is since the show, he has been trying to master skills even harder now and my older one decided to get back into cheer. (She took her break last year) Go figure! Now what the show did not explain is that he is also in hip hop dance, baseball and now basketball. So no, cheer is not the only thing he is involved in. That is just the most time consuming since it is year round. My goal for him is to basicly keep it up and try to get a full scholarship from school if he chooses to go that route. I am not living out some fantasy, I was the child in the dirt growing up, and still hate girly stuff. Cheerleading is really growing and I would like for more guys to join to break that "it's a girl thing" attitude. And slowly more and more guys are joining.  Most of his coaches are male and said they got through school off of cheer scholarships. So if the kid has the skills, why not let him try to go all the way? Oh, and for the record...he does not, and never has had pom-poms in any routine! (That was quoted somewhere on this message board)  Thanks to his coaches that respect  a boy is on the team, they do not have girly music, and usually give him a guy part in the routine. He was "Elvis" a couple years ago. Thank you Amy and Nicole!

My son did not turn any which way because he was a cheerleader!!  My three girls were also cheerleaders....guess hwo got the scholorship to college....the son..and guess what he was also a Marine and has 2 sons.  He sure does not look gay in any way!

Maybe SHE wanted to be a cheerleader. 

  

I do think the mother gets it now. I also can see how it all got started since her daughter was cheerleading. Now that he has expressed that he doesn't want to do it anymore he shouldn't 

I don't think she will force him to.