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    WAG Recognizing Emotional Abuse In Gymnastics (and in life)

    When we think of athletics, whether that means representing a school’s teams or representing a sports club not affiliated with school, we envision a community and an environment that makes children and teens feel safe, happy, and teaches them valuable life lessons that they will continue to...
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    Parents Email from USAG this morning (Webinar: Tough Coaching vs. Emotional Abuse)

    Everyone has probably read it by now,. Did anyone watch the webinar? For me very validating. Wish I had seen it sooner, like a few years sooner. Thoughts?
  3. gymjunkie

    Parents Would you report emotional abuse -- has anything really changed?

    I'm sure this article has been read by many. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/sports/olympics/gymnastics-abuse-athlete-a.html?fbclid=IwAR2XAdjOTfLyTcQxVfyuhiDpdc-gFDfJTnYW7_f9ARWJuzutQONKatTc-sE Good for all the gymnasts coming forward. It's long overdue that they were heard! I would like to...
  4. MuggleMom

    Parents Emotional or something else?

    So my DD is going through some emotional turbulence right now. She both loves gym and doesn't want to go. Its causing lots of heart ache and tears and frustration both for her and my family. She will go to gym but then once there sometimes just say she is tired or sore and wants to leave. But at...
  5. skschlag

    MAG Emotional Son

    So..bit of a long story. My ds is a level 9 (14 years old). For the past 3 years, his gym has had spotty coaching...with a coach quitting 3 years ago...3 months no coach. New coach that quit in april, and interim A/C. AC got a full time job and is done. So the gym decided yesterday to close...
  6. stxrdusty

    Emotional Attachment to Leotards

    I'm emotionally attached to my old leotards and don't want to give them away even though I never wear them because they're uncomfortable. Does this happen to anyone else?
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    Parents Someone please help me cushion the emotional fall

    DD is 6, in her first season. She trains with an open TOPs class once a week, team twice per week and was invited to a closed TOPs class once per week. The closed TOPs class is tested monthly...if you pass you live another month, if you don't well, you're out. To be honest, I thought there was...
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    Parents Emotional high and low (funny)

    My daughter's rec class had evaluations to see who could move up to the next level, and she was moved up (hooray!). She was on cloud nine on the drive home. It was great. We walked in the door at home and she stopped and burst into tears. I asked her what was wrong. And she manages to blurt out...
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    My daughter is an emotional mess. How do I help her

    A little background. My dd is seven and training level 5. She did compete level 4 last year and going into it, didn't really know what to expect. She went to practice and didn't really care about imperfections and if she got a skill or not. In fact, she went through half the year without her...
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    emotional gymnasts/teammates!

    i am from australia and the squad i train with range from level 4 to 7/8. we tend to get along great but there is one girl in level 7 who constantly breaksdown during training which causes several problems: 1. the girls in the squad get distracted trying to comfort her and less time is spent...

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