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Gymnastics = Child Abuse?

Postby marknhj » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:04 am

I saw a documentary on gymnastics a few years ago that, to me, looked like child abuse. Matthew Pinsent came to the same conclusion on a visit to China:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_s ... 445506.stm
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Postby gh » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:22 am

Read "Little Girls In Pretty Boxes" by Joan Ryan.

http://www.twbookmark.com/books/34/0446672505/
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Postby bad hammy » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:59 am

Any sport where most folks peak in their early teens will in essence constitute child abuse.
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