Feeling uneasy but might be nothing … would love thoughts from other parents
We took our kiddo for a class at Kidstrong. Class was great, coaches were great too, they go a bit fast and for younger toddlers it should be less fast pace. Anyways my kiddo loved it and slept great after the session 😅. I started to have second thoughts about this place after observing two things; 1) at the end of the session coaches announced some sort of awards! I thought kids would be rewarded for their work, fun etc.. every little thing/effort counts. I didn’t know they only give awards to two kids in each session depending of how they perform. I don’t think it should be necessary to do this especially at such a young age (2-3 yo) i thought everyone did a great job 🤷🏻♀️ so why? 2). While getting ready to leave, a couple with their barely 4 years old daughter came in. The little girl was so happy and running around waiting for the session to begin. But the big surprise to me was to see her parents behavior . They were looking at a screen of their session, you could see all the kiddos attending, their levels and scores. All the sudden they started shouting “Who’s that kid (name) ?! Why is this kid having such a big score!?” Who the hell is that?! “ they were adamant a kid probably 3 years old had a higher score than her daughter! Observing this was hard. I don’t want to put my own kids in a place where they could be constantly look down from other parents if they “perform” good? Like they should just follow instructions and have fun! Why does it have to be a hardcore competition for little ones that are not even 5 years old? Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts.