Until recently, girls have been dropping out of sports at record rates once they hit puberty. But this year’s Olympics is giving parents like me hope.
“And here I am, from little old Lonnie, a town of 90,000, and I’m out here living the dream, so I hope that inspired kids back home.”
Having just watched Titmus compete in what had been dubbed the “race of the century” and win, I noticed a smile so large spread across my daughter’s face that it rivalled Titmus’s own. It was very clear her goal of “inspiring kids back home” had well and truly achieved. Seeing a child experience disordered eating is surely up there as every parent’s worst nightmare. But having Pallister candidly speak about an issue that disproportionately impacts– a stage my two daughters will soon be in – created an organic avenue for me to start a conversation with them about these issues.
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