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Question: I want my son to learn ballet !!!!?
My 10 year old son has played soccer for the past 3 years!.I am concerned at how aggressive and competitive he has become when playing soccer!.A friend has sent her son to ballet classes and persuaded me to send my son to ballet lessons at a local dance school!.I want him to be athletic and active but graceful and not so aggressivly competitive!.Ballet will do this for him!.He is still resistant to ballet classes ,hates wearing black ballet tights ,but goes to classes 2 times a week!.I hope he will come to like ballet and realise its benefits!.Has anyone else had a similar story to tell!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Ballet doesn't make anyone gay, madscientist34!.
This is something to be careful about!. Your son feels like ballet is something he is being forced to do and will hate it simply because he didn't choose to do it in the first place!. It would be the same thing if you forced him to do football or swimming or anything else!. Being competitive isn't a bad thing, but if he's at the point where he gets violent, that's a problem!. Talk to him and see if there's something else he would like to do or if he will agree not to get so fiercely competitive if he doesn't have to take ballet anymore!. Forcing your son to do something he hates will NOT be good for your relationship!.
As a dancer, I can say that ballet and all dance is very beneficial to people!. It's better than sports in some ways! I know that when I have kids, I would love for them to dance, but if they want to do something else, I won't force dance on them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
no no no im not telling you what to do , but i would not do that!.
im not sayng he will be bullied and things because i amire any guy that does ballet
but hes doing it for the wrong reason if he hates it why make him do it!.thats just silly you say he hates weraing tights but goes 2 times a week but think who is taking him there are paying for him to go its not likehe asked just let him do what he want and you can stop him being agressive by changing his diet or beening more strick lots of thing will help but ballet wontWww@QuestionHome@Com
Yes i sent my son to ballet and he hated it too even though i told him and gave him proof of many famous soccer players doing ballet to improove their performance!. so i comprimised and sent him to a gymnastics class did wonders for the agressiveness and there were more boys in the class best thing i ever did!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
i have heard of footballers learning ballet to improve their game!. but I also read a book called save the last dance for me!. where a woman who doesnt make it a s a ballerina forces her son to learn!. the girls in the ballet class laugh at him!. so he becomes a serial killer and kills ballerinas!. quite chilling!. if your son is dead against it, dont force him!. 10 is a very impressionable age!. he will settle down later!. lot of aggressive boys become lambs later on!. let him grow at his own pace!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I think ballet will be PERFECT! Just tell him how many pro athletes have taken or are taking ballet!. You become a better athlete because of the muscles you get, plus he'll have a lot more flexibility!. Ballet gives guys a LOT of muscle for their other activities, such as soccer!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
don't try to force your child to take ballet!!
not only are you depriving of the right to choose his sport,
you will kill his sense of independence!.
plus, consider the fact that if he will take ballet lessons, he will often be laughed and ridiculed be his classmates, our society is not as modern as you might thinkWww@QuestionHome@Com
WOAH! if he hates it tht much dont fource him especially 2 lessons a week!. I have a little brother and he would hate tht!. Hes ten and growing!. if u really wnt him to do a dance perhaps go for modern/jazz its a bit less serious then ballet and appeals more to boys!. also try talking to him about ballet etcWww@QuestionHome@Com
its good to give kids encouragement, but on what they want to do!. you cant put a kid through ballet for a start i mean, ballet will lead to bullying and hel have a rotton childhood!. if you want him to lern something cool and have a good life!. get him playing an instrament like drums or guitar!. dont choose ballet!Www@QuestionHome@Com
do you want him to turn into a gay!?
**** the ballet send him to a kickboxing/martial arts club!. its natural for boys to be aggresive and competetive due to testosterone!. if he keeps going to ballet he will end up getting bullied, gay, and a bit of a loserWww@QuestionHome@Com
You cannot make a child like something they don't want to do!.!.!. if you are forcing your will on him!.!. then that is wrong!!.!.!. If he likes it!.!. then great but if not!.!. let the child be a child and play the things he likes!Www@QuestionHome@Com
It will be good for him ! Find articles about all the football players who also take ballet and have him read them!. also explain why ballet helps them and him !!!Www@QuestionHome@Com
If that place offers Jazz have him take jazz or something it is a little more masculine and is still graceful!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Please stop!.!.!.let him do the extracurricular activities he wants to do!. My husband coaches our daughters soccer team and there are some girls who don't want to play!. Their parents force them and they just mess it up for the rest of the team but sitting out and not playing!.!.!.not listening ect!. Part of being a kid is being able to figure out what you like, who you are, what you want to do!.!.!.and having fun!. Most people work jobs they hate so don't make him do something that is not necessary or really that beneficial while he is young!. He
can spend most of his adult life doing that!.!.
He can do other things other than ballet!. Have him do yoga or just some stretching!.!.but ballet!?
P!.S!. I think it is great that he is being competitive!.!.it will drive him in life to do his best!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
i think this is horrible! One of my best guys friends mom, forced him to take ballet and he was bullied at school and unhappy until i finally talked to his mom and she let him quit!. I would do what "single for too long" suggests!. Gymnastics!. Sure some people think it's a girly sport, but once he impresses all the girls with his tumbling skills and bulging biceps, they'll bow down to him :P!. I am a gymnast and i have never ever regretted it!. I am strong, flexible and balanced!. Gymnastics requires incredible discipline, which the coaches DO NOT teach!. You must learn this yourself, if you want to be good!. I am extremely independent and have good self discipline!. Tests show that people who do gymnastics do better in school!. I strongly suggest this instead of ballet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com