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Proud Parent
Ok, so here is what happened tonight. My 6 year old daughter is on a pre-team. Her practices are 3 hours long. She as a medical condition called carnitine deficiency, where her body is unable to burn fat for energy, meaning she needs to eat small amounts frequently, even during practice, or her blood sugar bottoms out. The coaches are aware of this and allow small snacks on her breaks. Tonight she comes out in tears, saying head coach took my food away. I hear ths and I am livid. The issue head coach had with her food was that it was potato chips. Gymnasts are not supposed to eat junk food, so it's ok to seize it. Even though she ate fruit, veggies, and peanut butter in the car on the way there. Even though she has a medical condition and this is the only thing to eat in her bag. Ok, chips are not healthy, I get it, but this is the only time she has ever brought them, I had very little else in my cabinet as I need to food shop, and she would only have eaten a few, just to keep her sugar up. She is tiny and underweight, it's not like she eats junk all the time. I feel violated, like I leave my kid with you for 9 hours a week, you ask me to leave and not watch practice, then you don't take care of her??? I feel like it is not a safe place for her anymore. Thoughts?