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@Ty’s Dad - on another thread within the last 2 weeks, you said that your daughter has until age 14 to quit at any time, but after that she has to continue and try to get a college scholarship unless she is injured. How can you say that isn’t parental pressure?

What does your coach say?

Same boat here - Our gym has not reopened yet, but when it does, D will not go back anytime soon. She is heartbroken, but as parents we have to make the decision we feel is best.

I feel like a lot of folks are missing the bigger picture. My daughter misses gymnastics terribly, but if her gym reopened next week, I would not send her back. I cannot even hazard a guess as to when I would feel okay to do so. I have very little concern for *her* safety as children are very...

It sounds like your daughter is an adult. If so, please do not tell your daughter what she cannot wear. This is very likely to damage your relationship with her.

I haven’t made any accusations. I was very clear that my knowledge is secondhand.

From what I’ve heard and read (all secondhand), I would avoid Everest like the plague. I’ve heard seriously scary things about the coaching tactics.

4 hours delay in passing on an email seems reasonable to me, especially given that it was during the evening. I also don’t see the extra 15 minutes as a big deal - ideally one would be allowing an extra 30-60 minutes anyway to allow for traffic, construction, or other delays.

:( You will be missed! Best of luck in your new adventures, whatever they may hold!

This. They’re children. They should be treated with respect even when they misbehave or act up (as should adults).

But “eating healthy” doesn’t mean you can’t ever have ice cream or junk food. It’s about balance and moderation. Maybe I misread your post, and I hope so, but I think it’s extremely sad if your D isn’t allowed to have treats occasionally.

What is there to be embarrassed about? If my daughter goes out there and puts forth a solid effort, that’s plenty for me. I don’t expect her to score “well” at every meet. I don’t even expect her to do “her best” at every meet. There have been meets where she’s had a lot going on recently -...

I always liked Jana Bieger, and I was really rooting for her to make the 2008 team. While I don’t know the specifics of the situation, I’m disappointed that she would support the abuser in this case.

Yes, I want to hear that they have policies in place, and I want to know specifically what those policies state. I want to know what they are doing to ensure that no child at their gym will be abused. I want to know who the primary point of contact is if I have concerns. I would like to know...

Agreed. Why would anyone wish this type of abuse on anyone? Why wish for more suffering in the world? No one should be treated this way, and the fact that he abused others does not mean that he deserves to be abused.

Wow, 6 months?? That seems incredibly unfair, and designed to enable the type of abuse that is being reported at that gym.

I know!! You could hear people saying, "wow."

I just watched the clip of the judge addressing Nassar's complaint. She quoted from his letter, where he said that she was having him sit in the witness box (next to her) so that the cameras would be on her the entire time. In what way did he think that saying this was going to help him...

I can’t find a video clip of her statement, although maybe it will be available later. Some of her testimony is quoted in this article: http://www.wilx.com/content/news/Victims-in-court-read-statements-on-Nassar-abuse-469726493.html

One of the victims, Chelsea Williams, just spoke eloquently about how the culture of trust and obedience in gymnastics fosters this type of abuse. I’m in tears.