I have a beautiful, intelligent 4 year old daughter. She is my only child, and truly a miracle to my husband and I. Lately, I have been concerned about her. I enrolled her in a tumbling class because I thought she would really enjoy it. It is a good program where parents can watch what is happening. It also provides only positive reinforcement, like "Nice effort!" Instead of enjoying it though, she cries, tells me she is not "good enough" or "can't do it," sits in the corner, cries and pouts at the tumbling teachers, even comes running to me. I am starting to worry that she is really oversensitive. I praise her efforts. This evening was the worst of the tumbling class. She cried and disrupted the class with her crying. The other parents even said, "Good job."
I don't want her to be insecure. My best friend said to just tell her to toughen up unless it's something serious. Tried that, didn't work. I am at my wit's end! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
2007-11-06
14:33:17
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