Parent help

[denali]

There is a parent in our gym that has a dislike of my daughter. We've chosen to ignore her negativity. The other day she told another gymnast that she and her daughter refer to my daughter as "The Devil". I feel I can no longer ignore this. She has gone too far by involving my child's teammates. Does anyone have any advice?

[Doubleback60]

Hi, I'm a gymnast but I also help coach the younger levels. Your problem is mostlikely caused by either jelousy or maybe something your daughter said or did, and the other family is holding a grudge? I suggest talking to your daughter and seeing if you two can come up with anything that might have happened between the two girls or your daughter and the other girl's mother. If not, I would suggest talking to the coaches or, if you feel up to it, confront the other mother privately.
Her involving the other gymnasts tells me that she's probably holding an unjustified grudge, something she can't take up with the coaches like jelousy.

I do also wish to tell you that if you choose to try and gain revenge by embarrassing the other girl or mother infront of the other students or mothers, you'll most definatly marr everyone's thoughts of you, even if the other mom did it first.

I wish you luck!

[GBGCcoach08]

I agree, coming from a coach I would want to know this is happing on my team. The coach needs to sit down with the girls and have them talk it out. If it continues then I would suggest you speaking with the parent yourself.