Are you "Anxious Parents"?

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Are you "Anxious Parents"?
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Wed, 11-15-2006 - 8:24am

Today's MSN News features this article

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 4:08pm
YEP!
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Registered: 11-15-2006
Wed, 11-22-2006 - 4:19pm

Okay forgive for assuming, I appreciate your post...

could you expalin what you mean by.

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you said *Well then, you must have been cracking yourself up the last few days.*

IMO it sound's like you are claiming she is using a stereotype and is confused with reality and you assume she has cracke3d herself up for the last few day's.

Would you clarify?

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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 4:52pm

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Yep that's about it.

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Sabina has appeared to take the stereotype, that is supported by and portrayed by squads such as the DCC, and made her judgement of cheerleading with that, rather than use the reality of individual squads. It has appeared that she would base her judgement of allowing her children to cheer or not on the stereotypical cheerleaders, rather than the reality of the individual squad her children might be wishing to join. (this is, of course, hypothetical, as I don't even know if Sab's children have ever expressed a desire to cheer) She has repeatedly, albeit with some limited qualification, assigned characteristics of stereotypical cheerleaders to other cheerleaders, without knowing, or even ignoring, the reality of those other cheerleaders.

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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 5:27pm
so you only let your girls wear one piece swimsuits? kids reveal more in swimsuits one or two pieces than cheerleaders do, and there are normally alot more people at the beach than at a high school football game - at least in our neck of the woods
Jennie
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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 5:32pm
I said "a very good reason" - which could include a swim.

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 5:32pm
sorry, but that is not what i said. i said you are not doing the right thing - there is a difference between right and best. you may very well do what you think is best for your kids, but that doesnt make it "the right way to raise kids" i am really not into supporting something i didnt say.
Jennie
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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 5:37pm
so what is it you want the schools to teach your kids? i mean they are going to learn to share and get along with others just by being in school with other kids. i am trying to think of something i would want the school to teach my kids - i certainly dont want them teaching them manners or morals, that is my job as a parent and they should already have the basics before they even get to school. i dont want them teaching them how to balance a checkbook, i dont want them to teach them interview skills, i dont want them to teach them life skills at all that is the job of the parents. perhaps if more parents would stop trying to rely on the schools to teach these things there would be more time in the school day for the academics
Jennie
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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 5:45pm
actually a two piece swimsuit is a hinderance to swimming, which would be why you never see them on swim teams. there is no good reason, other than choice, to wearing a two piece swimsuit. the message being sent by a bikini is pretty much the same at the beach as it would be anywhere else. i find it thought provoking that someone who thinks a cheerleading outfit, which cover more body than a swimsuit or most skirts that girls wear to church or the mall, would find it okay to wear those things but not the cheerleading uniform. kind of makes you think it is more about cheerleading in general that you disagree. i know the cheerleaders in our little town are looked up to by the younger kids and see themselves as role models - role models at being good students and citizens, being proud of their school and community and displaying school and team spirit - because our school is a team, all the kids there.
Jennie
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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 5:50pm
as the parent of a cheerleader i have to disagree. the girls pratice once a week to prepare for games, they practice 4-5 nights a week to prepare for competitions. they certainly display school spirit, just as the football players, basketball players, band members, etc...do. the majority of their work is for competitions. the competitions are their games so to speak. they perform at basketball games solely as a means to practice their competition routines before an audience.
Jennie
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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 5:50pm
Not sure why you're singing the praises of your local cheerleaders, since nobody's knocking them.

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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