Sure, you can be their biggest cheerleader — just make sure you're really listening.
“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.
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