Parents comparing their skaters to other skaters
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Excuse my English language. I speak French. I am a parent's skater. My question is : how to deal with the parents who always compare his child to yours. I don’t want a fight with anybody, but sometime is hard to listen some kind of comments like : I know that your child is good, but I think that my child is more technical than yours and I think that one day he gone depass your child... and other parents defile the complete psychological profile of is child... This situation make me feel uncomfortable and I prefer don’t go at the arena even if watching my child skating is a real pleasure for me. I think Ice Skating Is a very competitive world and between parents too. Did you ever live this kind of situation or is extremely rare that parents have to deal with it. Rosie |
Marcia's Mom says:
My daughter has been skating for 8 years. I find that the better she gets, the more people try to bring her down. Just support your skater and try to ignore everything else.
Linda says:
The situation you describe with parents comparing skaters is very common, unfortunately. It can be very uncomfortable when you want to watch your child skate. One thing you can do is when the conversation becomes a comparison of skaters, you can try to change the conversation. Or, you can say that you prefer not to compare skaters. Sometimes you may find moving to a different location to watch is necessary.