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lapsedagnosticNumber One Daughter's first wrestling meet is tonight. I did mention she went out for the team, right? Well, she did, and she made it. Unfortunately, at least from her perspective, there's a boy in her weight class (114 lbs) that's been wrestling for three years, much longer than her three weeks or so. *sigh*. Needless to say, she lost the wrestle-off (where the team wrestles itself to determine who represents each weight class), and, on the same day, someone threw a piece of bread at her at lunch, one of her ex-friends is apparently making comments about her out of earshot but not eyesight and then snickering, and she overheard two teachers talking about how inappropriate is is to have girls wrestling, cause they have to get in these unladylike positions and everything. Not a good day for the daughter. *sigh*.
On the plus side, though, she found out she's doing an exhibition wrestling match with a girl from the other team before the actual contest, so she gets to wrestle in front of her friends after all.
On the other plus side, her weight class nemesis is only in the sixth grade (A is in the eighth), and will hopefully grow a few pounds sooner rather than later. Option B is to accept that this is a good learning experience, and to go with it. Option C is to lose a few pounds, 'cause she thinks she has a better chance of wining the wrestle-off with that group of kids.
The last bit of news is that the only other girl on the team hasn't shown up for practice in three days, so A thinks she may be the only girl on the team.
On the plus side, though, she found out she's doing an exhibition wrestling match with a girl from the other team before the actual contest, so she gets to wrestle in front of her friends after all.
On the other plus side, her weight class nemesis is only in the sixth grade (A is in the eighth), and will hopefully grow a few pounds sooner rather than later. Option B is to accept that this is a good learning experience, and to go with it. Option C is to lose a few pounds, 'cause she thinks she has a better chance of wining the wrestle-off with that group of kids.
The last bit of news is that the only other girl on the team hasn't shown up for practice in three days, so A thinks she may be the only girl on the team.
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Date: 2005-01-28 08:58 am (UTC)but still... this girl is walking her own path and i think you and M rock for supporting her in this. I know its not easy to watch your child have to face the scorn of her peers, but by doing so she is forming her own idenity... and ~that~ is probably the goal of every good parent out there.
she is an old soul, that one.