don't we have enough people in sports who were 'trained' when they were incredibly young?
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Hardly, especially in Mechanical Motor Racing of any sort since that requires access to expensive hardware and has VERY HIGH safety risks. Especially since RISK OF DEATH is VERY HIGH in any of the Mechanical Motor Racing sports.
and that's what we need for 13 year olds?
steffi graf was three years old when her ever loving daddy got all drill instructor on her and that was just tennis. in my books it should be about the kids not daddy's or mommy's dreams.
You don't get to be masters of ____ without training at a very young age.
Regardless of how you feel about the parents imposing their "Dreams" on their children.
I'm pretty sure 14 y/o Lia Block has no objections to starting her road to becoming a master of racing, years before she can legally own a Driver's License. She's already got a future set for her thanks to her Dad's Connections / Career as a acclaimed Race/Drift Car Driver. And Yes, Mom is there on the race track, observing as well from the side-lines.
Steffi Graf is a record setting Multi-Time World's #1 Women's Tennis champion. She should be thankful to her parents that she got that training because now, she's a living legend.
I'm sure her children with Andre Agassi will grow up to be World Champion Tennis Players in their own right.
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True, also in race car driving sponsorship is crucial and men probably get sponsors more easily. Just it looks like Danica Patrick peaked at #24.
I see no reason we can’t find a way to train children to excel at things from a young age while also keeping attention to their mental health. Talent mastery and mental health are only put at odds with each other because of the toxic stage parent culture surrounding it. There’s no reason they need to be.
If we’re on the subject of tennis stars though, imagine how much better a career Jennifer Capriati could have had if she wasn’t pressured so much.
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I think I got blocked by one of the horseback riders I follow on Instagram. I noticed it wasn't in my list of accounts I follow, and wouldn't come up in the searches. So I went to one of her friends who I knew linked to her page, and when I clicked the link I got a blank page. So I logged out and did a Bing search and the page came up, but as soon as I logged back in it said it was unavailable. I did make what I thought was a fairly innocent comment, but I don't know if maybe she took it as offensive and blocked me. Her horse had her head on her shoulder, and they were giving each other kisses, and so I commented that I liked the little kisses.
EDIT: Or I might have said love the little kisses, but either way I just thought it was cute, and didn't mean anything offensive by it.
EDIT: Or I might have said love the little kisses, but either way I just thought it was cute, and didn't mean anything offensive by it.
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Assuming it was something she loved (I know or care nothing for sports and thus know little to nothing about athletes): sure. If not, all the tennis records and trophies in the world won't buy a happy childhood.
If they want to...
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Bad Bad Leroy Brown got his ass whooped by some rando at the end of that song.
OK, and yes, I know it's man as in mankind, but my question still stands.
You were bitten by a dog when you were a kid, and also afraid of horses. You should fully disclose your phobias and prejudices.
I would personally have to judge the situation. And that would be an un-haltered horse.
pound for pound chihuahuas are meaner than than SHIT!
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