Last week, Camryn spent three hours each day at a cheer camp for elementary aged girls. Though spending time outdoors with a friend, doing something that sounded a lot like dance, seemed like it would be fun, in reality, Camryn ended feeling pretty lukewarm about the whole experience.
She loved to learn jumps and make up her own cheers, but wasn't all that into rehearsing them over and over again. She loved the social piece of being with other girls, but didn't have as natural an inclination to the athleticism of it all.
By about Wednesday, she was ready to give it up, but we insisted she finish what she'd started. We made sure she understood that she never had to sign up for cheer again, but that we were proud of her for sticking with it until the end of the week. A difficult, but important lesson.
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