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    Parents Cant convince daughter to leave terrible gym

    I do not see why you need to "convince" her. What if she decided to stop going to school or take drugs and you could not convince her otherwise? It is nice to try to come to a solution together, but you are the parent and it is your decision. If there is another gym that works for you, tell her...
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    Parents advice on hosting first meet

    I suggest get volunteering expectations sorted, you cannot just expect people to step up if meet volunteering is not already part of the culture of the gym. I would suggest, send out a save the date email with an explanation of what the expectations are: How many hours each family is expected...
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    WAG Bull City Gymnastics Coach Found “Not Guilty” for Sex Crimes Against Minors

    Thank you. You rescued your own child, and you are spreading awareness. This is so important, and so many things make what you are doing very hard. So again, thank you.
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    WAG Bull City Gymnastics Coach Found “Not Guilty” for Sex Crimes Against Minors

    I am replying here to Xcelgymnast_Lynn's previous post. My comments in italics: Dear Xcelgymnast_Lynn: Thank you for your honest and courageous post. I am so very sorry that you were sexually abused by your father. My post was very specifically based on my knowledge of and personal...
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    WAG Bull City Gymnastics Coach Found “Not Guilty” for Sex Crimes Against Minors

    Ok , first I would create a task force with a wide variety of experts in the field of sexual, physical, medical and psychological abuse, as well as experts in cults and other cultures of abuse - (this is the area I am most concerned parents and coaches do not adequately comprehend.) Including...
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    WAG Bull City Gymnastics Coach Found “Not Guilty” for Sex Crimes Against Minors

    Reply to Mezzamare- I have copied your post here, my comments are in italics. Mezzamare wrote: While I agree with your argument that environments of abuse are systemic and demand culpability from all adults involved, I disagree with a few of your core arguments. 1. "There is no way a sex ed...
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    WAG Bull City Gymnastics Coach Found “Not Guilty” for Sex Crimes Against Minors

    Thanks for the thoughtful responses to my post. I will respond when I have time, which may be a few days.
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    WAG Bull City Gymnastics Coach Found “Not Guilty” for Sex Crimes Against Minors

    I am sorry, I know people mean well, but I am flabbergasted to hear people suggest that sex ed is the answer after reading this story. First, please remember that it is often very young girls who are abused. There is no way a sex ed class could teach what needs to be understood about sexual...
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    MAG Workout wear at your son’s gym

    My sons started wearing stirrup pants for practice on those events when they were in optionals. Otherwise, T-shirts and shorts were pretty much the rule. Girls wear a mix.
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    Parents Oy Safe Sport for my 17 yr old

    Age stuff in general drives me mad. My son is now 20 years old and serving in the military and living completely independently from us thousands of miles away. He will be home for a short leave soon and understandably wants to go out and meet girls and have a little fun, but he cannot go to a...
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    Parents Oy Safe Sport for my 17 yr old

    My son is an Eagle Scout and turned 18 the summer between his Junior and Senior year of HS and had to do this so he could continue with Boy Scout activities, and not for school sports or anything else involving school. I get that it is frustrating.
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    Parents Night Time Practice and Dinner

    I think it really depends on the individual. My son hated eating before practice, he felt weighted down. My daughter feels fine eating dinner shortly before practice but she just does not eat a ton. So basically for son it was light snack before practice, big dinner after, and for daughter it...
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    Off Topic Healthy snacks

    Meatballs? Can be made with ground turkey. Find a recipe you like, meatballs can be made with many different flavors, prepare and cook on weekends, will last for several days in fridge. Probably better heated in microwave but my kids would eat mine cold.
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    Off Topic Treating xcel team weird?

    Because someone once got a deal on the weird ones maybe? Also, the problem with plain black is it is popular so the teams all look alike, although I am with you there, I also like black for jackets. But team anything you are always going to have things some love and some hate. My daughter is in...
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    Anon Bullying in the gym

    My son was picked on at gymnastics practice for a couple years when he was middle school age- 12, 13. The worst thing was how hard he took it- gym practice had always been his happy place. We tried many things, the coach was alerted and took it seriously- but in this case there just was not...
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    MAG Region Realignment

    Yes it really depends on your current state and region how impactful this will be. Change will be huge for you on many levels, and barely noticeable here in CA.
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    Anon High hours+cost

    I was wondering the same thing. Our gym has a monthly tuition and the amount depends on hours of practice, and a single annual competition assessment (paid to a separate non profit booster club) that must be paid a few months before competition season starts.
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    Parents Sports after Gymnastics

    Weightlifting? My former gymnast turned high school football playing son got into Olympic style weightlifting (snatch and clean & jerk) as it is a huge part of his training for football. He just competed at the national USA weightlifting meet in Colorado Springs. He loves it. There are weight...
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    Anon Early dismissal from school- logistics? Advice?

    I took my son out of school early on practice days for a short time. This was at a small public charter school. In any case, the teacher did NOT like it and complained to me a lot. It was only for a short time so we just let her complain. It was not like they could actually do anything about it...
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