So for background, me and daughters dad separated at the start of last year.
my 9 and a half year old daughter has been signed to play for a good football team and plays around 3 times a week, except for on weeks where there are additional matches, in which case more.
I can clearly see that she doesn’t have the passion for it. She has the natural ability, but not the drive or the willingness to dedicate her all to it. Not being competitive myself, I’m completely okay with it and have suggested pursuing something else if she doesn’t love it, which she was really happy and excited to do. She said football stresses her out. Her dad however feels that she needs to always do more football, that she’s loosing interest because she doesn’t do enough; that for whatever reason in his head, our separation is the reason that she doesn’t do enough football (which is definitely not the case)
I set up a drama taster class for her this week but surprise surprise, a football match has just been announced on the same day. Her dad is adamant that she should play her football match and won’t budge on it.
am I being unreasonable in defending my daughter in wanting to go to her drama class?