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daughter has 2 events at the same time what do we do
My daughter is 13. She has been playing soccer since she was 5. We have a tournament this weekend and the last game of the day is at 5:30pm. It will be over at apprx. 7pm. The tournament is about 1 and a half hours away from our home. If she plays the game we won't be home until about 9pm. She has her first school/Valentines dance on Saturday which starts at 7pm until 10pm. She is very good at soccer, attendance is key and her position may be comprimised if she doesn't play. But, this is her first dance and she really wants to go. Her dad says play the game and forget the dance. I say forget the game and go to the dance. What do we do?
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every girl needs the first dance, there will always be more soccer games but not the first dance for her school. i missed an mma tournament to go to my dance last night and it was worth it even though mma is my life. have her pick but i think she needs the dance more.
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I say go to the soccer game because there are so many more school dances in the future. I remember my school having at least 30 between 7th and 12th grade.
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I would say listen to her. Ask her what she wants to do. Her first dance is very important although there are many more.
Also couldnt she talk to her coach ask about playing most of the tournaments and leave early enogh to get home and cleaned up for the dance?
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I would say to listen to what your daughter wants.
Soccer is supposed to be something fun that she does outside of school. The moment you make it into something she HAS to do is the moment she'll start hating it, as any of my friends who were forced into piano lessons can tell you.
Let this one slide. It's not worth risking your daughter resenting the time she spends playing soccer. She's not putting her entire future at risk by missing one soccer game at age 13. She is missing out on a big chunk of adolescence by missing her first dance.
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Play the game forget the dance.
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