Should my 15 year old daughter really have to get DD breast implants to make her cheerleader squad?

Question

My daughter has always dreamed about being a cheerleader for her high school team. The tryouts for the squad began two weeks ago. They put the girls through different physical test to see if they are able to cut it as a cheerleader. My daughter seemed to be doing very well and was supposedly a shoe in to make the squad.
When I went to pick my daughter up from rehearsal yesterday the coach pulled me over to the side and explained to me that my daughter won't be able to make the team unless she gets breast implants.
He says that she is gifted but her breasts aren't big enough to keep the crowd or the football and basketball guys interested in what she is saying. He says that if she has the surgery and gets DD she will make the squad and possibly be the head cheerleader. Is he right? Should my daughter really have to get breast implants just to be a cheerleader?

Answer 1

I think that you should really consider doing it! My teen is 13 and she wanted to wear this really pretty dress for her 8th grade dance...but she didn't have the breasts to do it. She asked me and after a lot of thought I said she could...and we did it together....it was a mother, daughter moment....we also got face lifts, lipo on our shomach and thighs, and tattoos together! it was a great experience.....Now I can be happy to call myself the mother of a barbie doll! Beautiful!! :)

Answer 2

No she shouldn't and that doesn't make sense tha the would want a 15 year old to get a size DD breast in order to make any type of squad or for it to hold anyone's attention.

The coach could be a sicko for suggestion something like that and besides a DD if your daughter does not have the right frame for those sized breast she will look like some type of freak, not to mention the pain and the psychological message that is being send out. She isn't good enough because of breast size. Look at the cheerleaders on the squad are they all endowed? Have they all gotten implants and if they have gone to this extreme it isn't about the sport as much as it is about the sexuality they are promoting.

Answer 3

Definately Not!!!
That is the stupidest reason for implants I heard of and the fact you are even mulling it over in your mind is crazy.
Why Cheerleading is such a big thing in the US is beyond me. We have great cheerleading squads but body (emphasis on breast) size was not mentioned as long as you could do the moves.
I had DDD breasts all my life from age 12 and 2 years ago had a breast reduction. I feel so much better - can go braless (much cooler in our hot summer heat), no more headaches, cutting into the shoulder from bra straps or back ache.
If you wish that for your daughter just so she can spend a few years as a cheerleader, then I can't say I think much of how important this obviously is to you.
You should report the Cheerleading coach to the school authorities and they should take action. Endangering a person of youth's health is disgusting.
Any doctor who would do that for that reason would be negligent too.

Answer 4

Oh, No No No No No!!!!!!!

That is just about the worst thing I've ever heard a "coach" say about an athlete's future.

First of all, DD breasts on a small frame (which she probably has if she has talent as a cheerleader) will just cause her back trouble when she gets older.

Secondly, high school cheering is a sport. It isn't a peepshow. I think comments like the one your daughter's coach made are so far out of line that he should be reprimanded (fired actually!) for sexual harassment and clearly not having the faintest idea what he's doing. To be quite honest with you, I wouldn't put my daughter on that creep's squad for anything!

Take this situation to the school administration. Your daughter shouldn't have to make those kinds of choices and they should know that one of their coaches is behaving in this manner.

Answer 5

Will your husband notice? If he doesn't what would have been the point of it all? You're daughter if 14, she is way to young to be having plastic surgery! And any doctor that is willing to work on someone so young obviously doesn't have any morals! She could very easily hit 15 and have a major growth spurt! She is STILL growing, some just dont develop as early as other, your daughter should at least wait until she is 18 and you as a mother should be pushing towards that too, I understand the troubles she would be having but having surgery to fix all her insecurities could only be the bearer of more teasing with everyone knowing what she had done. Killing herself is most likely just a threat to get what she wants although I do suggest more cousilling, no, that isn't going to help her physical appearance but it can help in changing the way she sees herself, she could learn that being the way she is has a lot of positives and she could become more comfortable in her own skin, every teenager goes through a stage where they hate something or often everything about their body.

Answer 6

You don't want to look like a porn star when you're just cheering a team. I think athletic body is better for balancing and other routines that are required for cheerleading. Sounds really strange that the coach gave such a stupid suggestion. You should definitely file a complaint against him. DD is too big for cheerleading anyway. Besides its really upto your daughter whatever she wants to do with her body. Implants MAY cause medical problem in the future. Most gals who get implants have a lower self-esteem because they feel that they are only appreciated when they are artificial. You have to ask yourself, Is cheerleading really worth all this?? I hope you'll thoroughly weigh the pros and cons before making your decision. Good luck!!

Answer 7

Real cheerleaders do not need to have DD breast in order to be a great cheerleader. Think about all the stunts and flips, your daughter will have to wear at least 2 sport bras to hold her in doing these key elements of cheerleading. You should definately have a meeting with the director of athletics at the high school because this is definatly out of order on the coach's behalf.

Answer 8

If I was you I will do this 4 things:
1. Report the coach, to the school and contact the city to report his license. He "should not" be looking at his students breast.
2. Your daughter will be better off at focusing in a real career and do the cheat leader thing just for fun.
3. Those implants will attack and promote things in her life that no 15 year old is ready for.

4. Do not let anybody try to talk you into it, even your daughter, she doesn't know she is only 15, YOU ARE THE BOSS. If she wants them tell her she can get them after she is a professional and she is able to pay for it herself.
DO NOT DO IT.

Answer 9

First off report the Coach! No 15 yr old should have to worry about breast implants. My daughters were both cheerleaders and not really well endowed. that's the worst thing I've ever heard!

Answer 10

first of all, speak with the principal of the school. also, DD is just a little to the extreme isn't it for a 15 year old girl?...i seriously think that the coach either doesn't want her on the team for some reasons so he requested such a tough change or wants her to get implants for his viewing pleasure...OR you're just asking this question as a joke because seriously, no parent in their right mind would even consider this request from a grade school coach and every parent knows that this violates some sort of school law.

Answer 11

first of all they wont perform that type of surgery on a 15 year old.. they will turn you right around and tell you to come back once she is fully developed and still wants them. Any dr that would do this is probably not a very reputable one and she'd probably end up with some sort of infection...

I highly doubt that this guy even came to you anad sad this.. if so he's just sick and twisted and you should report him. dont put your daughter through surgery just to make a cheer squad

the fact that you as a parent even had to ask this doesnt say much for you either