Monadnock Ledger-Transcript - ParentWise: Finding middle ground de-stresses your children
Published: 8/4/2021 3:48:03 PM Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the Olympics due to the pressure of being the best is a lesson for all parents. Biles was “struggling with the stress of being the greatest gymnast in history, and outside expectations were just too hard to combat,” NY Times. I doubt your children have that kind of stress, but it’s worth taking an inventory of what pressures they do feel. What expectations are they trying to meet? “This Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself when I came in – and I felt like I was still doing it for other people,” Biles, 24, said....
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