“I hope parents see that sometimes there is a dangerous level of anxiety that is not nervousness and that you shouldn't be powering through," Rippon says."I really admire [Biles] for just knowing her body well enough to say, ‘You know what, I am not safe if I do this.’”In sports, athletes are always told to pay attention to their bodies and to deal with injuries.
“It’s up to parents to teach kids how to find that line ... and to know when they are able to continue to push and try harder and really see how far they can go and also when they've reached their limit,” Emanuele said. “And that's not something that just comes naturally to people; you have to be taught that — it has to be modeled.”
Biles and other athletes like Naomi Osaka saying they have limits that are mental as well as physical is a gift for so many people, Emanuele said. “This is such important role modeling, not only for kids their age, or people in their generation, but for everybody.”Kavita Varma-White is a Senior Editor for TODAY Parents, Digital.
Thoughts and prayers for you Simone Biles you take care of yourself first and then you will be good, love ya!
This isn’t just for parents…it’s a massage for every negative “tweeter” who sent their sincere-to-the-marrow regards to her.
All of you. Everyone involved, pleaaseee.
Society and media need to quit making this quitter out to be a hero when she is noting but a mentally weak quitter.
15 min of fame almost up
Yeah, don't take all the press attention away from your teammates with unending. drama.
If you don't think you can win or be the best, don't even bother trying kids...fantastic lesson.
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Our lesson was that you can quit at the end of any season. It gave out kids an out if they were unhappy, but never let down a team. Quitting in the middle of a competition because it “wasn’t fun” (her own words last week)? Nope.
How not to let your kid quit?
Normalize not being ok. Normalize putting mental health first
The ONLY important lesson to be learned here is SHE QUIT! Do NOT allow your children to idolize or follow this person. NOT a role model!
Believe it or not, most parents do know what to do and when to do it.
I wrote this the morning before she withdrew. Sometimes “quitting” is the best thing to do
Instead of goat, she’s now being elevated by the media as being the greatest quitter of all time! She can only compete in her version of a perfect environment? Time to move on…
How about important lessons the media, coaches and PR firms need to learn?
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