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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 380005" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Am I an awful person if I just don't even go to her games?</p><p> </p><p>It just rubs me entirely the wrong way to be "supportive" of this. In my book, if you sign up to be on a team, you're on the team. I didn't and won't allow Wee or difficult child 1 to do this (had instances with both where they tried...if you're on the team, you're a part of the team, and I made them stick with it. In the process, both made new friends and ended up liking the sport they were on, even if they didn't do it again the following year.)</p><p> </p><p>And Janet, I hear you. That's why I bought her the horse, so she could do mounted shooting and ride, because it was something she's expressed an interest in and has been doing for the past year or so. I want to encourage and help where I can, but I don't see that giving positive attention to her for "being on the softball team" when she doesn't even participate with the team is a good thing. This is "mom's" turf, so there's nothing we can really do, other than say "I'm not coming to watch you sit in the stands with your mom and grandma" (husband wouldn't let her sit with us...which, kudos to husband, I think.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 380005, member: 1848"] Am I an awful person if I just don't even go to her games? It just rubs me entirely the wrong way to be "supportive" of this. In my book, if you sign up to be on a team, you're on the team. I didn't and won't allow Wee or difficult child 1 to do this (had instances with both where they tried...if you're on the team, you're a part of the team, and I made them stick with it. In the process, both made new friends and ended up liking the sport they were on, even if they didn't do it again the following year.) And Janet, I hear you. That's why I bought her the horse, so she could do mounted shooting and ride, because it was something she's expressed an interest in and has been doing for the past year or so. I want to encourage and help where I can, but I don't see that giving positive attention to her for "being on the softball team" when she doesn't even participate with the team is a good thing. This is "mom's" turf, so there's nothing we can really do, other than say "I'm not coming to watch you sit in the stands with your mom and grandma" (husband wouldn't let her sit with us...which, kudos to husband, I think.) [/QUOTE]
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