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My daughter is a gymnast and a good one at that.  Recently she came home and said she wanted to do cheer leading.  I am the anti-cheerleader.  Not that I'm opposed to it, but I was just the farthest from a cheerleader growing up.  I was the almost straight A student, science club, debate, graduated a year early, never even went to the games, let alone desired to be a cheerleader.  So why do I have the daughter who wants to be a cheerleader?  What do I know about this?   She's also into dolls and Barbies and cute girl stuff, but won't wear a dress, likes to play in the mud, and likes to outrun the boys.  Contradictions?

So I did what I know to do, I started looking for cheer leading clubs.  And the more I looked, the more excited I got.  I found myself getting excited that my daughter was going to do something I had never done.  We found a place and went to check it out.  Cute uniforms, fun music, looked like everything she would ever want.   We would get to travel to competitions.  She came home, thought about it, wanted to do it, dad said he's not sure about it, she begged, we said yes if she really wanted to do it.....and then she decided to stick with the gymnastics.  She said it's more challenging and she doesn't want to stop learning.  She's been at it for about four years, so she's not a quitter.....but she taught me along the way. 

Always look into the options.  After all, life is all about learning.  And it's ok to be different, in fact it's great!