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How can i convince my mom that horse back riding ins better then danceing?

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i have been trying for months to convince my mom and dad to let me stop doing dance and do horse back riding i need tips!

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  1. When I wanted to start riding lessons my parents weren't so sure. My mom was more worried about me getting hurt while my dad was more concerned about my hockey games. One day I saw a flyer outside of my school for a summer riding camp. My parents were sure if they put me in that riding camp I would see how horses werent so great and so they decided to let me try. One week of camp, no obligations to actually join the riding team, just fun. Try finding a local barn that offers week or weekend riding camps and try convincing your parents to let you attend a camp so you can try it out and see if riding is something you actually want to do. Then when they see how excited you are everyday about what you did they will see how much you love riding and hopefully will let you continue!! Good luck, Hope that helps.


  2. just say this is what i really love doing and say u ll work hard remember plz!!

  3. It isn't better. They're right. Be glad you are privileged enough to do either, Paris.

  4. WOW. To be honest with you, i can't believe that your parents wont do what is best for the interest of their child. A child should be able to say what extra-curricular activities they choose to do. Once they are old enough to decide what they like and dont like they should be able to have a say.  My advice to though is:  Just show more of an interest in riding horses than dancing. There is a way to do both. Good Luck to you.

  5. well, just try and convince them that this is a sport that you really want to do and that dance is just getting old. usually parents will let their child do what sport THEY like. but some things that might help are just telling them what a great sport it is and why you like it. also tell them about horses and what they do and stuff. then maybe it will change their mind into letting u get into horses.

    me and my family have had horses sense i was 3-6 then quit and now i just got another horse since i was 6 and now i'll have this horse sense 12-13. so im am pretty experenced with horses, and sense we had horses befor my parents will let me do anything with them because they know i'm not afriad of them, i luv them, and i am experenced with them.

    but maybe if that don't really work, have them bring u to a near by riding stable and go out for a trail ride. then maybe they will see how wonerful horses really are. and it'll change their mind.

    *srry if my advice isn't very good! lol, my parents have been around horses, so it was easy talking them into letting me get another one* - but i did the best i could! :O)

    REALLY hope i helped, because i really hope that u get into horse back riding, it is such a wonderful hobbie/sport!!!

    -melissa

  6. Horse back riding is also much more expensive then dance lessons. When I took lessons, they ran about 50$ an hour. If you offer to get a job and foot the bill, I'm sure they won't have a problem with it. Or do it the way I did- I worked weekends at the stable, mucking stalls and taking care of the horses, to earn my lessons. (I was 11, and I earned 4$ an hour, so no excuses!)

    If you want your parents to take you seriously, then you need to prove to them that you are serious about it, and that means working hard and earning that priviledge. If you aren't willing to do that, you don't deserve it.

  7. well if your really interested in it than your mom will understand but if its something your going to quit then they probaley don't want spend the money and you have to ask yourself if your parents can afford it

  8. Try offering to pay the difference in the cost.

  9. It always throws off moms and dads when you are more mature than they are, so try something like this.  First, don't just randomly bug them, tell them you want to figure out a time that all three of you can sit down and talk together, than tell them how them forcing you into dance is making you feel.

    "Thank-you for sitting down with me so we can talk about this.  I would really like it if you would hear me out with interruption, then I promise to listen to you without interruption, alright?  I really glad that you got me into dance; its been a great experience for me.  But now I want to experience something else.  I don't want to be a dancer when I grow up and I think that I've gotten everything out of dance that I am going to.  I would really like to try horseback riding.  I think it would be a great new challenge for me, whereas dance is no longer a challenge.  Okay, thank-you for listening without interrupting now I'll listen to you without interrupting."

    Fell free to write your feelings a on piece of paper and read it to your parents; in fact if you do this they are probably less likely to interrupt you and you won't forget anything you want to say.

  10. you shouldnt even need to convince her.

    just tell her you like it more than dancing.

    you should do whatever sport you like best.

    that is what i do and my mom is fine with it.

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