Recent content by Shira

interesting, thanks!

Thanks for your reply! So boarding with other parents isn't actually popular? I suppose I've seen more about boarding schools than boarding in other homes but I'm not too sure as I've been out of gymnastics for a while now.

Oh, I see. I'm actually working on a paper for school based on my own experiences and those of others. The ED part isn't the most important, I'm generally interested in how placing a young gymnasts in the care of other parents can sometimes have deleterious effects.

Hey everyone, I've heard that it's common for gymnasts to live with another family if their gym is far from home and the family cannot move closer. Does anyone here have any such experience that ended badly? For example, the host parents were abusive, encouraged eating disorders, anything like...